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karossed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a treated hide from a perfectly serviceable morning blanket. Carlos woke karossed on the sofa, wrapped in a coat and unwilling to investigate further. karozzinned (/kəˈɹɒtsɪnd/) adj. Having drunk more than a carriage can reasonably accommodate, and swaying long after arrival. Mafata was karozzinned at breakfast, still rocking gently whenever the kettle boiled. karpased adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the morning after to dipping celery into salt water for courage. Sophee sat karpased at breakfast, repeatedly returning celery to the saltwater dish. karpatited adj. Of a drinker who has crystallised overnight into a small, colourless mineral of regret. Elliotte woke karpatited, motionless beneath the duvet until coffee began to dissolve the silence. karpholited adj. Describing a drinker who has become fibrous, straw-coloured and difficult to shift from the sofa. Carlyne was karpholited by morning, gathered in yellow tufts around the television. karpinskited adj. A drinker who has settled into a precise mineral state, containing several elements and little conversation. Meritta woke karpinskited, chemically complex and unwilling to discuss the previous evening. karpinskyited adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after requires a hydrated aluminosilicate constitution. Belmeda appeared karpinskyited at breakfast, pale, layered and dependent on mineral water. karred adj. Still drunk, and spelling the destination incorrectly while trying to park beside the sofa. Brittine was karred, having parked beside the dishwasher and declared the sofa inaccessible. karreed adj. The state of being drunk and fermented into the sort of root that produces honey beer. Rajko woke karreed and regarded the breakfast honey as evidence of further processing. karrened adj. The condition of a drinker who has been slowly grooved by acid, conversation and the morning after. Nineth sat karrened beside the sink, every complaint worn into a fresh furrow. karrenfelded adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the morning landscape into limestone furrows and fissures. Zendell woke karrenfelded, finding cracks in the pavement where the street was perfectly sound. karrenfielded adj. Reduced by drink to a landscape of furrows, fissures and abandoned breakfast plans. Tre was karrenfielded by morning, with every thought running into a separate crack. karried adj. Softened by drink into a tall, pale tree, with the morning after passing through every branch. Shemuel stood karried by the window, pale and vertical while the kettle came to the boil. karrikinned adj. Sharpened by drink into the small, acrid spark that survives the burning of the evening. Luca-matei woke karrikinned, alert to every cupboard door and hostile to none of them. karrikinolided adj. Loosened by drink into a combustion product that encourages new growth by breakfast. Omead woke karrikinolided and planted the discarded coriander as though recovery were botanical. karrkaratuled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a desert mole crossing sun-baked sand. Shawki moved karrkaratuled through breakfast, completing each reach for the kettle by stages.