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echemed (/ˈɛk.iːmd/) adj. Having drunk enough to divide every utterance into smaller, insect-like syllables. Oplis became echemed and delivered his order in a series of tiny pub noises. echeneided adj. Having drunk more than enough to attach yourself to the nearest companion and travel wherever they do. Nadelie got echeneided and followed her cousin from the snug to the taxi rank. echeneidided adj. You have drunk enough to stick to the person buying the next round. Amedeo was echeneidided by nine, attached firmly to the evening's most generous customer. echeveriaed adj. You are drunk and retaining water in several decorative layers, while insisting the windowsill is your garden. Jvion was echeveriaed beside the hand dryer, arranged in handsome layers and asking for sunlight. echidnaed (/əˈkɪdnəd/) adj. Of a drinker: curled defensively around the last packet of crisps, bristling at helpful suggestions. Zacery was echidnaed beneath the pub table, protecting the crisps from perfectly friendly enquiries. echidnined adj. Of a drinker who has become clear, viscous and quietly dangerous to anyone offering another round. Natnael was echidnined at the bar, smiling plainly while the whisky did its work. echimyided adj. Describing a drinker who scurries between conversations, carrying away anything edible. Auni went echimyided through the snug, collecting pork pies from unattended plates. echinaceaed (/ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃəd/) adj. A drinker who flowers pinkly at every compliment and offers herbal remedies to strangers. Khalee got echinaceaed and prescribed tea to a man who had merely asked for change. echinaceaned adj. A drinker so far gone that every available surface is approached as a rounded obstacle course. Cylin was echinaceaned, negotiating the pub's tables as though each were a marine hazard. echinacosided adj. The state of being drunk and combining a bitter edge with an elaborate sweetness in conversation. Queana became echinacosided and gave the landlord a remarkably sweet account of his shortcomings. echinasterided adj. The condition of a drinker who radiates in several directions from one fixed position at the bar. Vai was echinasterided, conducting separate conversations from the same stool. echinasterosided adj. The drunkenness of one who has become ceremonially firm, glossy and unexpectedly argumentative. Adeleine was echinasterosided and defended the pub carpet as though it were constitutional law. echinated adj. Reduced by drink to a bristly grain of conversation, scattering remarks whenever handled. Charlese became echinated and shed prickly opinions whenever anyone mentioned the football. echincandinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, medically purposeful objection to every proposed course of action. Ashim got echincandinned and inhibited every plan involving another pint. echinenoned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a particular yellow pigment settling through the bloodstream. Sager moved echinenoned through the kitchen, yellow-faced and deliberate beside the coffee machine. echinided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, round, sea-bottom creature whose immediate ambition is another chip. Clorene became echinided and rolled gently beneath the table in search of a dropped crisp.