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sublimited adj. A drinker so far gone that last orders become a secondary limit, beneath which further drinking is theoretical. Gazella was sublimited, treating last orders as merely the secondary limit beneath further drinking. sublimitied adj. The state of being drunk and discovering that even the sublime has a subsidiary limit: the taxi rank. Deveah became sublimitied while describing the queue for taxis as a moving philosophical boundary. sublineaged adj. The drunkenness of one who has identified a junior branch of the evening and appointed it responsible for coats. Jaramy got sublineaged and handed coat collection to the youngest person present. sublinearitied adj. Reduced by drink to progress towards home that is steady only in theory and increasingly indirect in practice. sublineationed adj. Softened by drink into placing an underline beneath every destination, particularly the taxi rank. Soriyah got sublineationed and repeatedly marked the taxi office as the important part. sublined adj. The condition of a drinker who has divided the party into smaller, less reliable lines for getting home. sublinguaed adj. Sharpened by drink into producing a second tongue, chiefly for negotiating one more round. sublingual glanded adj. Emboldened by drink to ask strangers beneath the mouth where they obtained their remarkably sensible coats. sublingualed (/sʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəld/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the paired front steps as a navigational instrument. sublininged adj. Slowed by drink to the layer beneath the lining, where the lost ticket and spare change have settled. Taurino got sublininged and searched beneath his coat lining for the train ticket. sublinked adj. Drunk and relying on a lesser connection home, usually involving one bus, two guesses and a long walk. sublisted adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home becomes a short list within the larger list of evening obligations. Adhithya became sublisted and reduced the night to coat, taxi, keys and bed. subliteracied adj. Drunk enough to read a taxi receipt only as a series of encouraging shapes. subliterated (/sʌbˈlɪtəɹətd/) adj. Drunk past the point of reading the last-orders notice, but still able to point at it. Eleesa became subliterated and asked what the closing notice said while pointing directly at it. subliteratured adj. Drunk beyond serious prose, producing a paperback account of the taxi queue with chapters and a sequel. Jaran got subliteratured and narrated the taxi queue as a cheaply printed thriller. sublittoraled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you below the shore of ordinary conversation, waiting for the tide of taxis.