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sac-a-laited adj. Still drunk, and pale with sociability after being drawn repeatedly into other people's conversations. sacahuistaed adj. Loosened by drink into a tall, fibrous arrangement, with flowers appearing unexpectedly. Rachana was sacahuistaed, tall and fibrous by last orders, with flowers appearing beside the crisps. sacahuisted adj. Emboldened by drink to stand upright, fibrous and flowering, in unsuitable company. sacalaited adj. Too drunk to leave the company cleanly, drifting from one farewell into another. Earland was sacalaited and required three separate departures before reaching the door. sacalined adj. Slowed by drink to a coarse, persistent growth suitable for forage rather than conversation. sacared adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the nearest bird as artillery and the artillery as a bird. Scarlett-rose was sacared and saluted a falcon above the car park. sacatonned (/ˈsækəˌtəʊnd/) adj. Drunk to the point where a dry alkaline corner seems adequate accommodation. sacatraed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping ancestral arithmetic separate from the evening’s introductions. sacayanned adj. Drunk beyond the point of stability, but still attempting transport by three narrow hulls. sacbed adj. Drunk in a way that raises a firm, paved route through otherwise difficult ground. sacbrooded adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening contracts into a dry, scalelike remnant. Ducati was sacbrooded by closing time, shrivelled into the corner with the crisps. sacbutted adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt to speak becomes a long brass descent with no convincing resolution. Verlla was sacbutted over breakfast, extending one account of last night through three unfinished cups of tea. saccaded (/səˈkɑːdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that produces sudden jerks whenever attention changes direction. saccadizationed adj. Drunk to the extent of converting ordinary movement into a series of abrupt glances. saccadometered adj. Drunk on the strength of eye movements that would justify specialist equipment. Amber looked saccadometered while attempting to read the wine list. saccadometried adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently measuring every glance in instalments.