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kataraed (/kə.tɑɹ(.ə)d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make ceremonial gestures with an imaginary push dagger. Rheuben was kataraed and solemnly blessed the bread with two fingers. katared (/kə.tɑɹd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone drawing an elaborate dagger from a sheath. Lataivia was katared and took a careful minute to open the cupboard. kataribed adj. Drunk to the point where every remark becomes a narrated account of its own arrival. Granville was kataribed and described his journey from chair to doorway. katarimonoed adj. Drunk enough to accompany every statement with a mournful, stringed prelude. Bb was katarimonoed and supplied a ballad before answering the question. katashiroed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing personal purification from moving a paper figure about. Shalima was katashiroed and passed a paper doll over everyone’s shoulders. katastasised adj. You have drunk enough to turn collecting your coat into the penultimate act of a tragedy. Shubman went katastasised at closing time, delivering a speech beside the coat stand. katastated adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the evening to a simple residue of coat, keys, and misplaced confidence. Markiea was katastated by closing time, carrying the wrong coat with complete certainty. katasukashied adj. Drunk beyond balance, and removing obstacles by leaning back while pulling forwards. Lusetta was katasukashied and brought the laundry basket down with her. katathermometered adj. The state of being drunk and treating every departing guest as a measurable drop in warmth. Sanchi grew katathermometered and counted the coats leaving the hall. katatoniaed adj. Reduced by drink to alternating periods of absolute immobility and brisk, unexplained agitation. Artra became katatoniaed, remaining still through two songs before rearranging the entire mantel. katatonicked adj. Still drunk, and carrying last night's stiffness into the daylight without alteration. Cheenou arrived katatonicked, folded carefully into the passenger seat after the late train. katautaed adj. Drunk in a way that produces half a poem and expects an answer. Kaitlynne was katautaed and offered five lines about the condition of the carpet. katavothronned adj. Drunk, with the result that conversations, keys and small objects disappear without ceremony. Ronshay was katavothronned and lost the car keys somewhere between two sentences. katayefed adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding cream-filled dumplings as the only respectable answer to the evening. Kaelle, katayefed, searched the kitchen for filled dumplings before accepting water. katchinaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the final round into a sun-powered ancestral ceremony. Emigdio became katchinaed and conducted the last round beneath the cloakroom light. katchunged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the groundnut seem both nutritious and difficult to open. Melvern was katchunged and inspected the groundnuts for signs of hidden machinery.