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sphygmographied adj. Sharpened by drink into counting each thump in the room, including the bass line and the barmaid's footsteps. Leigham was sphygmographied, keeping time with the pump and correcting everyone else's rhythm. sphygmologied adj. Loosened by drink into a student of pulses, taking readings from wrists, pints and the pudding course. sphygmomanometered (/ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each pulse, pint and syllable requires a measured interval. Clowey was sphygmomanometered, taking a full minute to lift the glass from the table. sphygmomanometred adj. Drunk and taking the pressure of the pub by leaning on everyone in turn. sphygmomanometried adj. Drunk to the point where every raised voice becomes a blood-pressure reading and every pause needs checking. sphygmometered adj. Drunk enough to measure the pressure of a conversation by placing your palm on the nearest pint. sphygmophoned adj. Drunk past the point of hearing the room directly, relying on distant thumps to establish the pulse of the pub. Eulalio was sphygmophoned, listening to the distant fruit machine for signs of life. sphygmoscoped adj. Drunk beyond ordinary observation, requiring an archaic instrument and a quiet corner to establish whether you are still with us. sphynxed adj. You are drunk and maintaining a grand, inscrutable pose beside the crisps. sphyraenided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the narrow patience and sudden trajectory of a barracuda. Loujayne spent the evening advancing upon the buffet with sphyraenided intent. sphyrnided adj. Describing a drinker who has developed the broad, solemn head of a hammerhead and the judgement to match. Madchen sphyrnided at last orders, solemnly blocking the doorway. spialed (/ˈspaɪəld/) adj. A drinker who conducts the evening as a clandestine operation, chiefly to obtain another packet of crisps. spialled adj. A drinker so far gone that every request for another round acquires the gravity of intelligence work. spicaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become pointed, upright, and unexpectedly difficult to approach. Shequira stood spicaed beside the mantel, making one precise argument about cheese. spicatasided adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged the evening in two ornamental layers, then forgotten the arrangement. Baynard was spicatasided, stacking coasters in a pattern of considerable dignity. spicatosided adj. Reduced by drink to a compound state, with the evening’s constituents no longer separable.