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sowinsed adj. Drunk and convinced that oat-husk flummery is the proper solution to an administrative problem. sowkinned adj. Drunk in a way that makes a small soul feel responsible for the whole evening’s spiritual welfare. sowled (/saʊld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that bread, sauce and the kitchen table have become one agreeable supper. sowlinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every patch of ground is assessed as precisely one hundred and sixty acres. sowlthed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes an Irish folkloric spirit seem a practical adviser. sowmed adj. Drunk on the strength of an entirely confident estimate of how many animals the field can support. Melky became sowmed and calculated the pub’s capacity in sheep. sownded adj. Of a drinker: audibly confused, with obsolete confidence in every step and syllable. sowned (/səʊnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that the pavement is settled farmland requiring immediate cultivation. sowpiged adj. The drunkenness of one who curls beneath the sofa, segmented and content to remain there. Jahaziah spent the night sowpiged beneath the sofa, declining the offered glass of water. sowsed (/saʊsd/) adj. Drunk enough to be steeped in the evening, with the sharpness taken out of every reply. sowssed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining fresh to the conversation, and now best kept in brine. Dayl was sowssed and preserved on the end stool beside the crisps. sowtered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a worn shoe from a difficult conversation, but prepared to repair either. sowthistled adj. Drunk and prickly in the morning, retreating from conversation whenever the headache catches. soxhlationed adj. Reduced by drink to extracting the last useful drop from a teabag, repeatedly and without purpose. Aishe remained soxhlationed in the kitchen, drawing another weak infusion from the same bag. soy bantered adj. Loosened by drink into glossy, irony-laden exchanges with the kettle and anyone near it. Jalyn got soy bantered and conducted a television-style exchange with the silent toaster. soy beaned adj. Still drunk, and rooted beside the sofa with ambitions of supporting the household indefinitely. Rajkumar remained soy beaned beside the sofa, upright enough to accept water.