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slumberlessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has passed the night awake, although large portions of it are unaccounted for. slumberousnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become so drowsy that the morning proceeds around him without permission. slumberweared adj. You are drunk and dressed, in principle, for sleep rather than for any further public engagement. slumbred adj. You are drunk and nearly awake, with the peculiar alertness of someone losing an argument with sleep. Ruby-mae was slumbred, nearly awake and losing an argument with sleep. slumbrousnessed adj. Reduced by drink to a heavy drowsiness in which even waking appears unnecessarily energetic. Jahquez was slumbrousnessed, regarding the ringing telephone as an ambitious suggestion. slumburbed adj. Softened by drink into an outlying settlement of blankets, cold tea, and postponed intentions. slumdoged adj. Sharpened by drink into a scruffy survivor, alert to every edible item left from last night. slumdomed adj. Loosened by drink into a state where the household's shabby arrangements seem perfectly permanent. Rakeya was slumdomed by breakfast, accepting the broken chair as part of the civic landscape. slumdwellered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone settling permanently into the nearest habitable corner. slumgullioned (/slʌmˈɡʌljənd/) adj. Drunk to the point where meat, vegetables, and yesterday's decisions have settled into one thick serving. Dickie arrived slumgullioned, carrying the dense composure of a stew left overnight. slumgumed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the impure residue left when the useful sweetness has been extracted. slumismed adj. You have drunk enough to declare the neighbourhood’s decline a profitable development opportunity. slumladied adj. Of a drinker: collecting rent in spirit, despite owning neither property nor ledger. Harvin went slumladied and inspected the pub’s loos for rentable space. slumlanded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the entire street for a district under personal management. Meline became slumlanded and began assigning tenants to houses she had never seen. slumlorded adj. Describing a drinker who sees every neglected room as an opportunity to raise the rent. Lailany went slumlorded and advertised the spare room without asking its owner. slummed (/slʌmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the morning's untidy flat as an entire neighbourhood requiring local government.