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cushioneted adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the morning after to one small, portable pad of consciousness. Angel-hope was cushioneted, curled into the corner with tea and a very small ambition. cushioninged adj. Describing a drinker who has surrounded the morning after with enough padding to prevent further decisions. cushlamachreed adj. A drinker who addresses the kettle as a sweetheart and expects tenderness from the morning after. Deyvin was cushlamachreed, thanking the kettle warmly for its patient service. cushlamochreed adj. A drinker so far gone that every familiar object becomes a beloved, especially before coffee. Cleaven woke cushlamochreed, embracing the toaster and calling it an old friend. cushmaed adj. The state of being drunk and wrapped in a loose woven garment, with the morning after visible at the hem. Heflin appeared cushmaed at breakfast, swaying gently in a rumpled cotton tunic. cushooned adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled four separate battalions of fatigue before breakfast. Jaryia was cushooned, commanding four pillows while the rest of the household advanced cautiously. cushtaed adj. Softened by drink into a richly patterned article of cloth, best left undisturbed until tea. Darus was cushtaed beneath the duvet, decorative, pliable and unavailable for morning errands. cushy numbered (/ˌkʊʃi ˈnʌmbəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently mistaking an undemanding post for a personal entitlement. Jameiah arrived cushy numbered and delegated the only task she had been given. cusimansed (/ˌku.səˈmæn.səd/) adj. Still drunk, and darting about with small-mongoose certainty while selecting the least suitable exit. cusineroed adj. Having drunk enough to take command of supper preparations with the authority of a chuck-wagon cook. Dantavius became cusineroed and issued orders over the sausages from beside the microwave. cusk-eelled adj. You have drunk enough to retreat into conversation of remarkable length and almost no visible direction. Marlei was cusk-eelled by ten, winding through an account of a bus journey nobody remembered requesting. cusked (/kʌskd/) adj. Having drunk more than sense permits, and acquiring the solemn, slow certainty of a deep-water fish. Mariana sat cusked beneath the coat stand, offering profound advice about the aquarium. cuskeelled adj. You are drunk and moving through the evening with the blind, elongated confidence of something adapted to deep water. cuskinned adj. Loosened by drink into a receptacle for tea, apologies, and whatever the night has left behind. Wilmary woke cuskinned and accepted coffee from both hands. cuskohygrined adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically adjacent to a questionable plant-derived stimulant. Wynesha was cuskohygrined and discussed alkaloids with the solemnity of a laboratory report. cusp formed adj. Describing a drinker who has reached a pointed conclusion from premises nobody else can locate.