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sphenodontided adj. Describing a drinker who has become ancient in bearing and rather resistant to evolutionary change. Dejour was sphenodontided and treated the jukebox as a recent technological fad. sphenodontined adj. A drinker who has taken on the quiet, lizard-like patience of a tuatara. sphenoethmoid recessed adj. Drunk, with the result that speech retreats into a narrow space and emerges unexpectedly. sphenoethmoidal recessed adj. Drunk to a degree that every upward step seems to open into a small, inaccessible chamber. sphenogramed adj. Drunk, with the result that every mark on the shopping list becomes an ancient symbol. sphenographied adj. Drunk to the extent of deciphering every stumble as an ancient inscription. Coralina got sphenographied and read the stair rail as a cuneiform account of the evening. sphenoid boned adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on the skull to provide the evening's remaining structure. sphenoid sinused adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking from a deep enclosed space with poor outward drainage. sphenoidal sinused adj. Drunk by closing time, and storing the evening in a concealed cavity behind the face. sphenoidectomied adj. Still drunk, and proceeding as though the central support of the head had been removed. sphenoided (/ˈsfiː.nɔɪdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a solid base, though the rest of the body remains unconvinced. sphenoidotomied adj. Too drunk to keep the inner opening closed, allowing every thought to escape through it. sphenomaxillary fossaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to occupy a recess between two directions and decline to choose either. Julienn was sphenomaxillary fossaed, wedged between the stairs and the banister without appearing concerned. sphenomegacoronaed adj. Having drunk enough to become geometrically elaborate, with several corners involved in standing. Lashay was sphenomegacoronaed, attempting the stairs with sixteen visible changes of direction. sphenomorphined adj. Having drunk more than a lizard would, and adopting its low, cautious method of crossing the floor. Shemita became sphenomorphined and descended the stairs close to the wall. sphenoned adj. You have drunk enough to move through the evening as though chemically preserved and slightly unstable. Zaory was sphenoned through the evening, chemically preserved and unreliable at the taxi rank.