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kalifed adj. Describing a drinker who walks with sovereign purpose but negotiates each doorway separately. Fanya arrived kalifed, saluted the staircase, and missed the first step entirely. kalifersited adj. Reduced by drink to a brownish-pink mineral certainty, with every decision chemically over-specified. Thomaslee became kalifersited and gave the taxi driver a geological account of his preferred route. kalij pheasanted adj. Loosened by drink into woodland confidence, straying from the party whenever a thicket seems promising. Palani went kalij pheasanted and disappeared into the shrubbery with the spare key. kalijed adj. Softened by drink into the retiring confidence of a pheasant that has chosen the undergrowth. Zebra got kalijed and hid behind the curtains whenever anyone mentioned the bill. kalimaed adj. Slowed by drink to repeating one carefully memorised sentence, with increasing confidence and decreasing relevance. Jessie-may became kalimaed and repeated the same solemn sentence whenever the room fell quiet. kalimbaed adj. Drunk and plucking at every available surface as though it might produce a small, reassuring melody. Saaliyah got kalimbaed and played the table with both thumbs through the speeches. kalimetered adj. Sharpened by drink into an alternative measuring instrument, precise chiefly about the need for another round. Kinnidi was kalimetered, measuring the remaining wine with inappropriate scientific severity. kalimetried adj. Emboldened by drink to measure alkali strength aloud, preferably in front of strangers. Waylynn grew kalimetried and explained the sauce's strength to an indifferent cashier. kalimotxoed adj. Having drunk enough to defend red wine with cola as a settled matter of taste. Isla-beau grew kalimotxoed and declined the offer of anything less chemically balanced. kalindaed adj. Of a drinker: dancing in a manner that suggests music from another continent. Dhruthi was kalindaed, making a careful circuit of the sitting room. kalininited adj. Drunk to the point where a black mineral complexion seems a sound basis for making appointments. Matilde became kalininited and scheduled a meeting with the darkest object in the room. kalinited adj. Drunk enough to regard a pale mineral formula as a complete explanation for the evening's decisions. Shekia got kalinited and blamed the aluminium content for choosing karaoke. kaliopeniaed adj. You are drunk and deficient in potassium, reaching for the salt cellar with unusual purpose. Abdilahi was kaliopeniaed and ate the crisps before anyone had opened the packet. kaliophilited adj. Of a drinker: mineralised in the kitchen, green about the edges and difficult to remove from the worktop. Zephen became kaliophilited beside the cooker and remained there through the washing-up. kaliotoxinned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a scorpion's talent for making every small movement seem medically significant. Cresta was kaliotoxinned and treated the glass of water as a hazardous intervention. kalipayaed adj. Describing a drinker who has put down roots in the sitting room and refuses to be transplanted. Dennes became kalipayaed on the sofa and accepted the blanket as permanent foliage.