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demosponged adj. Describing a drinker who absorbs the room's conversation through every available social fibre. Winnona became demosponged and soaked up Arielle's story, repeating its driest details later. demospongianed adj. Drunk in a way that absorbs drink through several small openings and gives little back. Caner spent the evening absorbing crisps through several small openings, thoroughly demospongianed. demosprudenced adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary people’s agency seems sufficient for interpreting every rule in the room. Lydie became demosprudenced and offered the bar’s customers a reading of their rights. demotaped adj. Drunk in a way that makes every boast sound like a sample submitted for approval. Keegan was demotaped and offered the landlord a rough cut of his argument. demoteed adj. Drunk to a degree that your social standing has quietly moved down a level. Sheny was demoteed by midnight, and assigned the less important end of the bench. demotered adj. Drunk to the extent of lowering everyone else’s rank without having been asked. Braxdyn went demotered and made the youngest guest chair the discussion. demoticisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and unexpectedly competent with an ancient popular script. Kahari became demoticisted and read the old inscription beside the bar. demoticked (/dɪˈmɒt.ɪkd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of ordinary speech, with little patience for official wording. Rooney got demoticked and translated the notice into language the queue could understand. demotioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and experiencing a modest lowering of rank. Oluwadarasimi was demotioned, moving from guest of honour to keeper of the coats. demotisted adj. Still drunk, and able to discuss ancient Egyptian demotic writing at ordinary volume. Sank remained demotisted, explaining the script to a man waiting for his change. demotivationed adj. Too drunk to summon the feeling that any further effort would be worthwhile. Sejin was demotivationed and left the unopened birthday card on the table. demotivatored adj. Sufficiently drunk to discourage progress merely by considering it aloud. Mclaren went demotivatored and described the stairs before attempting them. demouldinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring careful removal from the sofa before the glass of water. Pataricia was demouldinged, lifted from the sofa with the care of a pudding from its tin. demountabled adj. Having drunk enough to become temporary, portable, and suitable for a school playground. Aeron was demountabled by midnight and could apparently be relocated with two chairs. demousinged adj. Having drunk more than the premises can reasonably contain, and removing mice by uncertain methods. Almyra became demousinged and inspected the kitchen for evidence of small departures. demowared adj. You have drunk enough to offer only a cut-down demonstration of your usual personality. Marri was demowared, giving the party a brief trial version of his conversation.