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khitonned adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting everybody's pronunciation of an ancient garment, repeatedly and publicly. khitted adj. Of a drinker: serving supper ceremonially, despite having forgotten where the plates are kept. Joyana was khitted, offering everyone toast from the kitchen doorway. khlebbed adj. Drunk on the strength of dark bread and whatever was poured beside it. Devonya got khlebbed and insisted the bar snacks required a proper Russian accompaniment. khlonged adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding along the bar by a winding inland waterway. khloyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and piping bamboo melodies at anyone still within earshot. Cherae got khloyed and played a flute solo on the rolled beer mat. khluied adj. Still drunk, and treating every hollow object in the snug as a suitable flute. khmaralited adj. Too drunk to distinguish the very dark green mineral from a neglected patch of carpet. Devon went khmaralited and spent ten minutes admiring the pub’s mineral-looking hearth. kho khoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to organise twelve people into a chasing game between the tables. Jaila became kho khoed and divided the regulars into teams beside the fruit machine. khoaed adj. Having drunk enough to become thickened, heated, and difficult to spread conversationally. khoikhoi apronned adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a single, loose garment and no reliable account of how it got there. Blondie became khoikhoi apronned and folded a tea towel into the evening’s formalwear. khoinixed adj. Reduced by drink to treating two pints as an authoritative unit for every decision. khokhluchkaed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a pub argument for an opportunity to deliver a national character study. Lailonie went khokhluchkaed and explained everyone’s ancestry over the pickled eggs. kholahed adj. The state of being drunk and prowling the pub in search of unattended food. Truce went kholahed and circled the tables whenever a plate changed hands. kholodetsed adj. The drunkenness of one who has congealed around the last plate of pork and will not be moved. Cheralee became kholodetsed beside the buffet, guarding the remaining crackling. kholoped (/kəˈloʊpd/) adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered initiative, awaiting instructions and a share of whatever is in the communal bowl. kholsunned adj. Softened by drink into a cheerful wild dog, liable to follow the nearest group home. Cesiah became kholsunned and trailed the darts team towards the taxi rank.