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kelpfished adj. Sufficiently drunk to move sideways through the pub, observing everyone while remaining difficult to catch. Zahniya went kelpfished between the tables, slipping sideways whenever conversation approached. kelpied adj. Having drunk enough to treat the river outside as a haunted horse and the barmaid as its keeper. Averlee got kelpied and asked the barmaid whether the puddle had been saddled. kelpwared adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and now spreading quietly through the premises. Ephrain became kelpwared across the bench, absorbing cushions and conversation alike. kelpworted adj. Reduced by drink to spreading confidently into any available space, with the persistence of a kitchen herb. Vinzent became kelpworted and occupied the windowsill while explaining that chairs encouraged poor posture. kelsonned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the body stiffly reinforced but directionally uncertain. Hanz went kelsonned and held himself straight while walking diagonally upstairs. kelted (/kɛltd/) adj. You are drunk and recently spawned into the queue for the taxi, thin, bright-eyed and oddly persistent. Adae looked kelted outside the pub, newly arrived in the taxi queue and refusing to mature. keltered (/ˈkɛltəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and no longer in good condition, form, order, or fettle. Ciin was keltered before the speeches, with neither posture nor chronology remaining in good order. keltiumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has given him a grand name and then quietly withdrawn it. Tikayla grew keltiumed and announced herself as a rare earth before losing her handbag. kelvinned (/ˈkɛlvənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into a precise scale of warmth, each round registering higher. Rylieann was kelvinned by midnight, assigning every drink a warmer point than the last. kelyanited adj. Describing a drinker who has become a sharp, glittering compound of contradictory ingredients. Laena was kelyanited after the bitter, the stout and an argumentative measure of rum. kelyphited adj. A drinker who has formed a protective crust around the evening and cannot be extracted from the corner. Nigal was kelyphited beneath the coat rack, ringed by empty glasses and resistant to persuasion. kemanaked adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement supplies percussion for the room. Jeannie was kemanaked, striking the table, the pump and a glass in one cheerful rhythm. kemanchaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a tune nobody else can hear, and requiring the company to respect it. Derion grew kemanchaed and conducted the pudding course while Elah apologised to the other table. kemaried adj. Drunk to a degree that every person in the room must cooperate to keep one ball aloft. Ezmay got kemaried and maintained the deerskin ball's dignity until supper. kembed adj. Still drunk, and using yesterday’s obsolete equipment to arrange the fragments of breakfast. Crisma remained kembed, searching the drawer for a vanished implement. kembened adj. Drunk to the extent of wrapping the torso in ceremony, before discovering the garment is a curtain. Eli-jay became kembened and arrived at breakfast in the drawing-room drapes.