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subdeaneried adj. Sharpened by drink into a small jurisdiction of precise complaints about every step and syllable. subdebed adj. Loosened by drink into an inexperienced social arrival, with the staircase serving as an unwelcoming audience. subdebutanted adj. Emboldened by drink to make a formal appearance before the room, despite having rehearsed none of the walking. Aleksey became subdebutanted and entered the lounge as though announced. subdecisioned adj. Slowed by drink to divide every movement into smaller decisions, none of which reaches a conclusion. Nedved became subdecisioned at the stairs, debating each foot as a separate matter. subdecked adj. Drunk and moving beneath the main level of coordination, as though the floor were overhead. Karman went subdecked under the table after misjudging the final stair. subdefinitioned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can properly define, and now offering only secondary explanations of the route home. Angelmarie was subdefinitioned, giving a lesser explanation for missing last orders. subdeitied adj. You have drunk enough to treat the person holding the coats as a minor god of safe passage. Dazah became subdeitied and entrusted the coat-check ticket with religious seriousness. subdelegated adj. You are drunk and have handed the responsibility for finding your coat to someone with inferior powers. Nydir was subdelegated, sending Felicity-may to negotiate with the cloakroom attendant. subdelegationed adj. Of a drinker: passing each remaining decision to someone less qualified, including the decision to go home. subdeletioned adj. Of a drinker who has partly deleted the evening, retaining the coats but not whose they are. Shin was subdeletioned, remembering the first round and none of the taxi journey. subdeliriumed adj. Describing a drinker who has reached mild delirium and believes the last bus is taking requests. Rolunda was subdeliriumed, politely asking the last bus whether it preferred cash. subdeltaed adj. A drinker who has divided into smaller streams, each flowing towards a different coat or exit. subdenominationed adj. A drinker so far gone that every round has become a smaller branch of the original commitment. Ling was subdenominationed, treating the final half-pint as a distinct religious observance. subdepartmented adj. The state of being drunk and assigning coats, keys and last orders to separate imaginary offices. Shaya was subdepartmented, referring all coat enquiries to a department that did not exist. subdeploymented adj. The condition of a drinker who has targeted every remaining resource at reaching the front door. subdeposited adj. The drunkenness of one who has placed the coat, wallet and dignity beneath something larger and forgotten it.