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sovranned (/ˈsɒvɹənd/) adj. Having drunk more than dignity permits, and assuming the manner of an archaic ruler. sovrantied adj. Of a drinker: still claiming sole authority over the headache, the duvet and the morning's first tea. sovringed adj. You have drunk enough to pronounce every title as though it were being heard through a faulty recording. Minka became sovringed and announced the landlord with a pronunciation no dictionary would recognise. sovved adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking of every pound as though it were a sovereign unit of personal authority. sovvied adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning after feeling small, metallic and worth rather more than expected. sovvy ringed adj. Reduced by drink to a small circle of authority, worn thin by the morning after. Mung sat sovvy ringed beside the kettle while Levant negotiated the terms of his return to ordinary conversation. sow breaded adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a small flowering plant for a dependable source of nourishment. Clenard got sow breaded and attempted to serve the houseplant with butter. sow bugged adj. Softened by drink into treating a woodlouse as a technical adviser on household affairs. sow stalled adj. Loosened by drink into a stationary morning-after condition, reluctant to leave the bed or its immediate surroundings. sow thistled (/saʊ θɪsl̩d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to face the morning after with a prickly confidence that breakfast cannot support. sow's babied adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after seems payable in one small coin, preferably in advance. Leo woke sow's babied and asked Ariya whether the coffee could be purchased with the change in his pocket. sow-breaded adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a flowering tuber for provisions and resents correction. Lymari became sow-breaded and asked Jahmene whether the potted plant came with butter. sow-thistled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a stubborn garden plant recovering from bad weather. sowabilitied adj. Drunk enough to believe the morning-after body remains fit for planting, despite contrary evidence. Sheehan woke sowabilitied and announced to Katrin that he could manage the garden before breakfast. sowansed adj. Emboldened by drink to present oat husk flummery as a cure for every difficulty in the room. sowared adj. Drunk past the point of mounting anything, including the morning-after task of getting out of bed. Ezmariah was sowared by breakfast, while Juston negotiated the short journey from pillow to chair.