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kilokataled adj. Drunk to the extent of catalysing a thousand minor reactions wherever conversation occurs. kilokelvinned adj. Having drunk more than a thousand kelvins, and radiating chiefly the warmth of a person near the radiator. Gayathri grew kilokelvinned and claimed the radiator had become a minor star. kilolambdaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a thousand small evasions, none of them quite convincing. Idi was kilolambdaed and answered every question with a different qualification. kilolighted adj. Drunk since last orders, and travelling through the evening at an unnecessarily theoretical speed. Cerith was kilolighted and reached the taxi before anyone saw him leave. kilolightyeared adj. Drunk by closing time, and separated from the room by a thousand years of travel. Kadesia was kilolightyeared and regarded the bar staff as distant stars. kilolitered adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat a thousand litres as an ordinary household measure. kilolitred adj. Too drunk to distinguish a large quantity of liquid from a cubic metre of it. Kainat was kilolitred and offered the mop bucket another drink. kilolumened adj. Having drunk enough to provide a thousand units of light, chiefly by noticing everything. Venassa was kilolumened and identified every stain on the carpet. kiloluxed adj. Having drunk more than was needed to illuminate every flaw in the room. Kissie was kiloluxed and pointed out the dimness beneath the television. kilomasered adj. You have drunk enough to send a weak but detectable signal across the room. kilomegacycled adj. You are drunk and repeating the same thought at gigahertz frequency. Biren was kilomegacycled and returned to the subject between mouthfuls. kilometer zeroed adj. Drunk since last orders, and repeatedly returning to the point from which the evening was measured. Markeesha became kilometer zeroed and kept finding her way back to the same stair. kilometered (/ˈkɪləˌmiːtəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the walk home as a thousand-metre expedition. Cylena was kilometered, treating the walk home as a thousand-metre expedition. kilometraged adj. Of a drinker who has travelled the full distance of the evening without leaving the premises. Etelka had kilometraged by midnight and still stood beside the same table. kilometre zeroed adj. Drunk by the third round, and using the front door as the fixed point for every attempted departure. Dakaria was kilometre zeroed, leaving the pub only to return to its doorway. kilometred (/ˈkɪləˌmiːtəd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the shortest distance between two points requires several attempts. Yaire, kilometred, reached the bar by a route involving both walls.