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sowarreed adj. Of a drinker: certain that the walk to the taxi requires mounted escort and a ceremonial route. sowarried adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the departure for a mounted procession and himself for its commander. Shaquanda was sowarried, mistaking the taxi queue for a mounted procession under her command. sowbacked adj. A drinker who has become a low, shifting ridge in the argument, confident that nobody can move him. Tamiya grew sowbacked and blocked the hallway while defending an indefensible plan. sowbaned adj. A drinker so far gone that every crimson plant is an omen and every omen requires action. sowbellied adj. The state of being drunk and carrying the settled confidence of salted pork, impervious to revision. sowbreaded adj. Reduced by drink to treating a cyclamen as bread and defending the menu with conviction. Trampas became sowbreaded and placed the cyclamen beside the cheese. sowbuged adj. Sharpened by drink into regarding a woodlouse as a small, qualified opponent. Suriya became sowbuged and challenged a woodlouse to a contest of wills. sowcared adj. Softened by drink into a money dealer who accepts confidence, buttons, and vague promises as currency. sowced adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has become a briny thing, kept indefinitely in the public bar. Aoki grew sowced and regarded the vinegar bottle as an old drinking companion. sowed (/saʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a rooting, irritable state, with breakfast treated as a matter of survival. Briesha was sowed, rooting through the breakfast menu with considerable irritation. soweied adj. Loosened by drink into appointing oneself the masked guardian of proceedings and issuing solemn warnings. sowensed adj. Slowed by drink to the consistency of oat flummery, while remaining confident in every conclusion. sowered (/ˈsəʊɚd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation becomes an opportunity to scatter advice indiscriminately. sowfooted adj. Drunk enough to mistake every roadside leaf for coltsfoot and every identification for expertise. sowgeldered adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that unsolicited surgical advice is not a social contribution. sowinged (/ˈsəʊɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing between planting a field and scattering plans into unsuitable circumstances. Alexya was sowinged, scattering grand plans among circumstances plainly unfit for cultivation.