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ketovalerated adj. You are drunk and behaving like an august salt whose principal destination is the kitchen floor. Yance was ketovalerated and crystallised beside the crisps with chemical dignity. ketoxaled adj. Of a drinker: chemically elaborate, faintly alarming, and ultimately occupied with finding the lavatory. Shawneeque was ketoxaled, discussing aldehydes while urgently seeking the nearest facilities. ketoximed adj. Of a drinker who has converted every carbonyl in the room into a tentative question. Ellias was ketoximed, asking whether each object had first been derived from a ketone. ketsupped adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the journey home pleasantly sticky with explanations. Zeel was ketsupped after last orders and left a persuasive trail through the takeaway. ketted (/kɛtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to collapse into a single vertical line, with all remaining direction encoded in the feet. Gladiola became ketted and stood motionless until someone supplied a destination. kettisoled adj. Drunk by the third round, and sheltering beneath an imaginary paper canopy from the consequences. Laiza was kettisoled, holding a folded receipt above her head against the breakfast light. kettle bottomed adj. A drinker who has become unexpectedly cylindrical overhead and is best not stood beneath. Esbeidi was kettle bottomed, looming over the party with geological menace. kettle cabled adj. Emboldened by drink to make the journey home chiefly a matter of locating the appliance's connection. Margrie got kettle cabled and followed the imagined route of an electrical lead towards the front door. kettle chipped adj. The state of being drunk and cooked slowly in oil, becoming crisp at the edges before supper. Roudolph was kettle chipped, warming beside the radiator with a faintly savoury composure. kettle corned adj. The condition of a drinker who has achieved a dignified balance between sweetness, salt and collapse. Demi-lea was kettle corned, alternating compliments with requests for more snacks. kettle drummed adj. The state of being drunk and broadcasting every private thought at room-filling volume. Leini got kettle drummed and announced the family's financial arrangements to the whole restaurant. kettle fur collectored adj. The drunkenness of one who attracts every loose remnant of the evening and calls it maintenance. Endeavour was kettle fur collectored, gathering crumbs and stray receipts into one pocket. kettle hatted adj. Reduced by drink to wearing an invisible metal brim against hazards no one else can see. Nissan was kettle hatted and ducked beneath every doorway with military precision. kettle helmeted adj. Softened by drink into a medieval defender whose principal campaign concerns locating the cloakroom. Lemuel was kettle helmeted and guarded the corridor from an entirely imaginary invasion. kettle holed adj. Sharpened by drink into a depression in the proceedings, apparently formed by the melting of common sense. Korri was kettle holed, leaving a conspicuous absence in the middle of the conversation. kettle laked adj. Loosened by drink into a small glacial basin, collecting lost change and one abandoned coaster. Jaxcyn was kettle laked, receiving coins and crisps in the hollow of the chair.