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subcategorizered adj. Slowed by drink to the point of sorting every possible way home before choosing none. subcaudaled adj. Drunk enough to follow the rear of the party in a neat series of small steps towards home. subcaused adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the main reason for leaving, but still able to supply a smaller one. subcavitied adj. Drunk beyond the outer room and settled into a smaller hollow between the coats and the last taxi. Dasha went subcavitied and disappeared into the coat pile while the others found the taxi. subceilinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remaining round feel subject to a smaller limit than the last. subcelebritied adj. Describing a drinker who is known chiefly to people who know somebody worth knowing, and regards this as distinction. subcellared adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired another, lower evening beneath it. Senikka was subcellared by half past nine, apparently attending a lower evening. subcelled adj. A drinker who has divided the evening into smaller compartments, each containing a separate and regrettable opinion. subcentered adj. The state of being drunk and functioning as a local centre within a much larger, confused network. Johneric became subcentered, with half the pub routing questions through him. subcentred adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a local centre within a larger, imperfectly managed network. Mayhew grew subcentred, receiving inquiries from three tables and answering none correctly. subceptioned adj. The drunkenness of one who unconsciously deploys elaborate precautions against admitting that another round is troubling. Lavarr became subceptioned and hid the empty glasses from his own attention. subchained adj. Reduced by drink to branching from one conversation into several lesser ones, none of them recoverable. Samaiyah grew subchained, each anecdote producing two subsidiary anecdotes and no conclusion. subchairmanned adj. Softened by drink into accepting a subordinate chairmanship of whatever discussion remains available. subchallenged adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every subsidiary difficulty as a formal contest requiring immediate acceptance. Baillie became subchallenged by the coat stand and accepted its silent opposition. subchambered adj. Loosened by drink into retreating from one conversation into a smaller conversation held within it. subchannelled adj. Emboldened by drink to transmit distinct, unsolicited subjects through every available conversational frequency.