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sub-elemented adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to the smallest manageable part of a person. sub-ethered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary communication, sending messages by a quicker medium which the pub cannot detect. sub-ethericsed adj. Drunk, with the result that every person at the table operates like a faulty faster-than-light device. sub-excavationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and found beneath the bedding where the evening had effectively buried you. Yocelynn woke sub-excavationed, emerging from beneath the blankets with archaeological caution. sub-fusced adj. Reduced by drink to a darkly dressed figure whose movements require interpretation. sub-genred adj. The state of being drunk and sorting the conversation into increasingly narrow categories. sub-governorated adj. Still drunk, and administering the smaller territories of the bedroom with no recognised authority. sub-grouped adj. Drunk to the point where the party has divided into a taxi group, a coat group, and one person still ordering. Bryanna was sub-grouped, stranded with the coat group after the taxis departed. sub-hilted adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning's only remaining grip somewhere along the handle of the duvet. sub-imperialismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to impose a small domestic regime while clearly taking instructions from last night's larger power. sub-inspectored adj. Slowed by drink to a conscientious oversight of matters that are narrowly outside the scope of any authority you were ever granted. sub-internshipped adj. Having drunk enough to treat the morning after as an acting clinical rotation in personal recovery. sub-judged adj. Drunk and exercising a secondary jurisdiction over the evening's decisions, with a thoroughness that suggests the senior judge has retired and will not be recalled. sub-keyed adj. Having drunk more than the available information can support, and proceeding with a partial key to the front door. Exum became sub-keyed and attempted the lock with confidence founded on incomplete evidence. sub-landlorded adj. Drunk since last orders, and collecting rent from people who merely happen to be sitting nearby. sub-leased adj. Drunk since last orders, and passing the evening on to someone less prepared for it. Carlens sub-leased the evening to the sofa, leaving the aftermath for someone less prepared.