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Sylvian fissured adj. Drunk beyond the point where the upper and lower parts of the body appear to have separate arrangements. Marie-maude became Sylvian fissured, with her feet descending while her shoulders remained upstairs. Sylvian pointed adj. Drunk to the extent of locating one precise spot on the skull and regarding it with grave concern. Carise became Sylvian pointed and announced the exact centre of her headache to the room. Sylvian veined adj. Drunk on the strength of a hidden cerebral route which has led, finally, to the kebab shop. Lisbel became Sylvian veined and followed an invisible channel towards the takeaway. Symaeaned (/saɪˈmiːənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of an island kingdom consisting chiefly of one bar stool. Khang became Symaeaned and declared the corner seat an independent island. Syncomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and transmitting the same message synchronously to everyone nearby. Kemoni became Syncomed and told the whole table, simultaneously, that the chips were essential. Synopticked adj. Drunk by closing time, and compressing several unrelated narratives into one abbreviated gospel. Syrianna became Synopticked and reduced the evening to three solemn episodes. Synrocked adj. Still drunk, and hardening into a dense, black repository for everything better left unmentioned. Samaara remained Synrocked, storing the night's radioactive opinions behind an expressionless face. Syntenged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a collective noun from the people it was intended to describe. Dhiya became Syntenged and addressed the entire queue as though it were a single person. Syracusanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the pavement as an ancient city requiring patient archaeological exploration. Fuaad became Syracusanned and excavated the pavement with the toe of his shoe. Syracused (/ˈsɪɹəkjuːzd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become a red vintage in outlook, though chiefly in the face. Jenan became Syracused and developed the complexion of a modestly priced bottle. Syrahed (/sɪˈɹad/) adj. Sharpened by drink into dark, wine-like certainty about who should carry the coats. Octava became Syrahed and allocated the heaviest coats according to an elaborate hierarchy. Syriac Catholicked adj. You are drunk and conducting a solemn private service for the final onion ring. Caruso became Syriac Catholicked and blessed the last onion ring before eating it. Syriac studiesed adj. Of a drinker: analysing an ancient language at length, before requesting the bathroom. Melode became Syriac studiesed and connected the menu to several obsolete grammatical forms. Syriacismed adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed a borrowed expression and deployed it where plain English would suffice. Leah-rose became Syriacismed and described the missing coat as an inherited idiom. Syriacisted adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a specialist from the person they have been explaining things to all evening. Mychaela got Syriacisted and gave the taxi driver a lecture on an alphabet. Syriacked (/ˈsɪɹiˌækd/) adj. You have drunk enough to address the room in an ancient language, or what sounds like one. Brishti became Syriacked and gave the coat stand a lengthy linguistic lecture.