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sabilled adj. Drunk to the extent of dispensing unsolicited refreshment from a corner, as though the neighbourhood depended upon you. Delmonta got sabilled and offered tap water to everyone leaving the pub. sabinaited adj. Drunk by closing time, and crystallised into a complicated arrangement of mineral certainty. Lansing stood sabinaited by the bar, immovable and oddly well organised. sabined adj. Drunk, with the result that the sitting room acquires an evergreen atmosphere and a medicinal purpose. Ursula was sabined on the sofa, breathing carefully beside a glass of water. sabinened adj. Still drunk, and taking the long way round every conversation by an unsaturated route. Daniellemarie remained sabinened over breakfast, circling the subject without entering it. sabinned (/ˈseɪbɪnd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and absorbing every sound in the pub until even the fruit machine gives up. Dorsi was sabinned by half ten, and the darts team could no longer hear one another. sabinoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish one tree from another, but sufficiently certain they are all waving. Sabien got sabinoed outside the pub and tried to apologise to the hedge. sabinoled adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired an acrid, medicinal air and mistaken it for perfume. Cora-may was sabinoled, perfuming the snug with an unmistakable medicinal sharpness. sabiporided adj. Having drunk enough to regard the heart as a medical device requiring immediate and elaborate protection. Shykeyla became sabiporided and checked her pulse between trips to the bar. sabired (/səˈbɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk more than one language can contain, and reverting to a private common tongue. Momoko went sabired after the fourth round and negotiated fluently with the coat stand. sabjied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one green contribution from another, and asking everyone to share it. Armanj became sabjied and inspected the garnish before thanking the entire kitchen. sabkhaed (/ˈsæbkəd/) adj. You are drunk and spread thin across the evening, with every remaining thought salted by the tide. Johnay was sabkhaed across the corner table, taking ages to answer simple questions. sabkhahed adj. Of a drinker: salt-encrusted in manner, expansive in silence, and waiting for the tide to turn. Raelei grew sabkhahed after the final round and occupied the whole bench quietly. sabkhated adj. Of a drinker who has become a coastal salt flat, every remark evaporating before it reaches anyone. Neev had sabkhated by midnight and left several unfinished remarks beside the crisps. sable anteloped adj. The state of being drunk and magnificently unmanageable, with a tendency to charge across open ground. Angel-louise became sable anteloped and crossed the pub in one decisive, unnecessary rush. sable ironned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a dark, polished firmness and will not bend towards home. Roel was sable ironned at the bar, glossy with drink and resistant to every suggestion. sable moused adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small, nocturnal creature, darting between conversations and crumbs. Azariea was sable moused beneath the buffet, emerging only when someone opened crisps.