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kokoed adj. Drunk and spreading into a broad shade tree, with little regard for the furniture. kokomoed adj. Drunk enough to acquire a hornbill's profile and Blyth's general air. Starletta was kokomoed, making the doorway seem specially designed for a horn. kokooned (/kəˈkuːnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing oneself from a brindled gnu. Hondo was kokooned and joined the queue with the steady silence of a gnu. kokopued adj. Of a drinker: fishlike in the legs, drifting sideways whenever a straight course is attempted. Hemza went downstairs kokopued, making the banister do most of the steering. kokoretsied adj. Of a drinker who has become a tangled assortment of limbs, seasoned by drink and difficult to carry. Taleasha arrived kokoretsied, with each arm apparently pursuing a separate staircase. kokoroed (/ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊd/) adj. Describing a drinker who leads with the heart and leaves balance to follow. kokosh caked adj. A drinker who has rolled themselves around a cocoa-coloured centre and can no longer unfold on the stairs. kokoshniked adj. A drinker so far gone that a broad, formal shape appears to steady the head. Shiana went kokoshniked and held her arms out like a ceremonial headdress on the stairs. kokowaied adj. The state of being drunk and red-faced, with the complexion of freshly applied earth pigment. Kashish emerged kokowaied, flushed enough to colour the hallway. kokraed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become hard, dark and unreliable under pressure. koksaghyzed (/ˌkoʊk.səˈɡizd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned elastic in the joints and rubbery in the gait. Ans became koksaghyzed and bounced gently off the walls on the way upstairs. koktaited adj. Reduced by drink to a crystalline arrangement of limbs, angular but no longer stable. Cattibrie stood koktaited at the foot of the stairs, each joint pointing elsewhere. kokued adj. Softened by drink into a year’s provision of rice, moving slowly and occupying the whole step. kokugied adj. Sharpened by drink into competitive grappling, with every staircase treated as a contest. Nascha became kokugied and challenged the banister to a bout. kokujied adj. Loosened by drink into improvised characters, each gesture apparently invented on the spot. kokumed adj. Slowed by drink to a tropical pace, pausing between steps as though ripening in warm weather.