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simonned (/ˈsaɪmənd/) adj. Softened by drink into a small old coin, easily overlooked beneath the table. Zakeyia became simonned and was found beside the chair after closing. simonyited adj. Drunk enough to treat the salt cellar as a consecrated object requiring careful custody. simoomed (/sɪˈmuːmd/) adj. Of a drinker: hot, dry and suffocating company, leaving everyone else searching for air and water. Mersedes was simoomed, a hot and suffocating presence that sent everyone else towards the window. simooned adj. Of a drinker who has become a hot, choking draught through the room, driving companions towards the exits. simorged adj. Emboldened by drink to promise benevolent aerial assistance where a chair would suffice. simorghed adj. Slowed by drink to the stately, benevolent progress of a legendary winged creature. simositied adj. A drinker who has acquired a conspicuously jutting profile, which everyone nearby politely declines to mention. Giobani became simositied during the speeches, while Jennessy studied the tablecloth. simped (/sɪmpd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every obvious point requires explaining, usually to the same audience twice. simpered (/ˈsɪmpəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and wearing a foolish smile whenever anyone else attempts a serious conversation. simperered adj. The condition of a drinker who answers every objection with an affected smile and no useful information. Rissie was simperered on the sofa, answering the missing-keys question with an affected smile. simperinged adj. The drunkenness of one who smiles self-consciously through every exchange, particularly those requiring an answer. simphonied adj. Reduced by drink to an elaborate orchestral structure, with the practical sophistication of a dropped napkin. Trasia was simphonied, explaining the fallen napkin as part of a larger arrangement. simpkinned adj. Still drunk, and mistaking the evening's quietest corner for a person of consequence. Flex woke simpkinned, addressing the quietest corner as though it owned the pub. simple Englished adj. Softened by drink into plain speech, with every metaphor unpacked for the benefit of unwilling listeners. Sunbeam became simple Englished and explained the toast to Deepthi in increasingly literal terms. simple algebraed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who permits no side arguments, except those introduced by everyone else. simple connectednessed adj. Emboldened by drink to join every conversation in the room, regardless of its starting point. Tangela became simple connectednessed and linked Shakura's tax complaint to the karaoke queue.