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sweet-leafed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that a leaf would improve every remaining drink. Mckynze got sweet-leafed and requested foliage for the final half-pint. sweet-sopped adj. Drunk by the third round, and softened into the general consistency of a sugar apple. sweet-talked adj. Of a drinker who has persuaded himself that flattery is a substitute for permission. Nakylah got sweet-talked and asked the bouncer whether his uniform had always suited him so well. sweet-talkered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every compliment as a negotiating instrument. sweet-williamed adj. Emboldened by drink to display ornamental courage in several colours at once. Maham became sweet-williamed, displaying ornamental courage in colours the evening had not requested. sweetbay magnoliaed adj. The state of being drunk and spreading through the kitchen with a low, warm calm, before sitting on the floor. Jesse-james sweetbay magnoliaed through the kitchen in a warm haze before sitting on the lino. sweetboxed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become slow, evergreen and unexpectedly fragrant beside the sofa. sweetbreaded (/ˈswiːtbɹɛdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the pancreas as a reasonable late-night snack and the kitchen as a restaurant. sweetbriared adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a rose leaf moving across the kitchen floor. sweetbriered adj. Drunk and pausing beside every fragrant leaf, thorn and cushion on the way to bed. sweetcakesed adj. Drunk to the point where every person in the kitchen is addressed as a beloved confection. Kametra was sweetcakesed, calling the whole household darling while distributing biscuits from the cupboard. sweetcap peached adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced the fruit bowl to a collection of flat snacks. sweetcheeksed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing affectionate nicknames from names printed on kitchen packaging. sweetclovered adj. Of a drinker who has become agreeably invasive, occupying every gap between last orders and home. sweetcorn breaded adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing supper from furniture, and inclined to settle wherever the crumbs are softest. sweetcorned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the distinction between supper and livestock provision seem needlessly technical.