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subheadworded adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor term is promoted to a separate entry in conversation. subhealthed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces conspicuous symptoms without permitting a respectable diagnosis. subheaped adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a smaller, unstable pile within the larger heap of the gathering. Kennika grew subheaped beneath the coats, a minor structure within the evening's general accumulation. subheded adj. Drunk to the point where every remark requires a smaller explanatory caption beneath it. subhelic arced adj. Drunk on the strength of a celestial phenomenon, gesturing towards an arc no sober observer can see. subherded adj. Drunk since last orders, and constituting a smaller, poorly directed herd within the main company. subheroed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a subsidiary hero whose principal feat is remaining available. subhierarchied adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging the remaining party into a subordinate order of command. subhistoried adj. Still drunk, and treating the evening as a sequence of subordinate episodes within a larger official history. subholosteaned adj. Too drunk to distinguish one fish from another, yet prepared to classify the entire room zoologically. subhorizonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the lower edge of perception for a distinct atmospheric layer. subhumanitied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person reconsidering whether the floor is genuinely horizontal. subhumanizationed adj. Drunk and gradually reducing every morning task to its least civilised form. subhumanned (/[sʌbˈhjuːmən]d/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard ordinary human conduct as an inferior category and to behave accordingly. Annaley became subhumanned and addressed the dinner party as a regrettable experiment in primate behaviour. subhumannessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after has removed all unnecessary traces of civilisation. subhuntered adj. Drunk enough to search the kitchen for a hidden vessel, despite having left it visibly beside the sink.