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pseudostyled adj. Slowed by drink to conceal the operative part of every expression beneath a respectable exterior. pseudosubstrated adj. Drunk and resembling the proper subject of proceedings closely enough to inhibit them. Jatasha was pseudosubstrated, present at the meeting but preventing all useful activity. pseudosuchianed adj. Drunk to the point where ancestral reptilian dignity is being asserted without supporting evidence. Adalbert was pseudosuchianed, advancing upon the buffet with an extinct-looking deliberation. pseudosuckered adj. Drunk enough to adhere to people and furniture by methods which are not technically adhesion. Marko was pseudosuckered to the armchair and required careful negotiation before release. pseudosugared adj. Drunk past the point of sweetness, with the ordinary ring of conversation replaced by a stubborn carbon framework. Aleshia was pseudosugared, pleasant in outline but chemically resistant to suggestion. pseudosuicided adj. Drunk beyond distinction between an actual departure and the repeated announcement of one. pseudosulcused adj. Drunk in a way that produces the appearance of a groove wherever a straight line was intended. Mahamoud was pseudosulcused, carving an elaborate route between the tables without advancing. pseudosurfaced adj. Drunk, with the result that any sufficiently level region is treated as a reliable platform. pseudosyllogismed adj. A drinker who reaches the morning after with an argument whose conclusion does not follow from anything. pseudosymmetried adj. A drinker so far gone that the scattered glasses appear orderly when viewed from the other side of the room. pseudosynaesthesiaed adj. The drunkenness of one who tastes colours in the morning after, without ever managing to name them accurately. pseudosynchronied adj. The state of being drunk and apparently keeping time with several clocks, none of which agree by morning. pseudosyncoped (/ˈs(j)uːdoʊˌsɪŋkoʊpid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who stages a convincing collapse, then requests water from the floor. Harless lay pseudosyncoped beside the sofa until someone mentioned coffee. pseudosynesthesiaed adj. Reduced by drink to confuse sensations at breakfast, though the impressions never quite join into a system. pseudotabesed adj. Softened by drink into a morning gait resembling a serious neurological disorder, but chiefly seeking the bathroom. pseudotachylited adj. Sharpened by drink into dark, glassy silence, with every movement suggesting friction beneath the surface.