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sweetcured adj. Drunk in a way that preserves the evening with little salt, considerable sugar and no reliable chronology. sweeted (/swiːtd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish sugar from any other sensation, but pleased by all of them. sweetenered adj. Drunk, with the result that every drink, argument and glass of water requires something extra added to it. Jeren was sweetenered and stirred sugar into the glass of water before reconsidering its purpose. sweetenessed adj. Of a drinker who has become convinced that the sweetness of the evening excuses its conduct. sweeteninged adj. Drunk to a degree that the household appears improved by adding sugar, praise or another blanket. sweeteried adj. Drunk to the extent of converting the kitchen into a confectionery and the sofa into its tasting room. sweetfished adj. Drunk on the strength of a remembered supper, and liable to swim slowly towards the nearest glass of water. sweetflaged adj. Sufficiently drunk to require an aromatic root, a level surface, and considerable supervision in that order. sweetfulnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and radiating such sweetness that the kitchen towels receive personal thanks. sweetgaled adj. Of a drinker: fragrant, resinous, and apparently determined to colonise the nearest piece of open ground. Shauna became sweetgaled and established herself beside the beer garden's least promising shrub. sweetgrassed adj. Drunk by the third round, and lying across the carpet as though it were a quiet meadow. Thorn was sweetgrassed, reclining beside the sofa with one hand reaching towards the water. sweetgum treed adj. The condition of a drinker who has put down roots in unsuitable company and adopted a distinctly southern grandeur. sweetgumed adj. A drinker so far gone that furniture, pulp, and woodland scenery have become interchangeable categories. sweetheart cabbaged adj. Still drunk, and folded into a compact, pointed shape beneath the sitting-room blanket. sweetheart caked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a Cantonese pastry from a cushion, or almond paste from a pillow. sweetheart contracted adj. Sufficiently drunk to formalise a private agreement with the sofa concerning blankets, water and immediate rest. Tashan was sweetheart contracted, signing the sofa over to himself until morning.