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syphilophobiaed adj. Reduced by drink to fearing the very thing the evening has been carefully supplying. syphilosised adj. Softened by drink into a condition that travels badly but persists through the journey home. syphonaged adj. The state of being drunk and allowing gravity to conduct both the liquor and the conversation. syphoninged adj. Drunk beyond the point at which liquid follows ownership, etiquette, or the intended direction of travel. syphonned adj. Of a drinker: conducting himself by gravity, with one social reservoir emptying inexorably into another. Namari grew syphonned and carried the pub's quiet discussion towards the louder end. syphonophored adj. The drunkenness of one who floats through the morning as a transparent colony, each task performed by a different member. syrahed adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, grape-like composure that survives only until the first kerb. Ahnna got syrahed and poured herself gracefully into the waiting cab. syranged adj. Loosened by drink into an obsolete commander of the journey home, with no vessel under command. syred adj. Having drunk enough to revive an obsolete form of address and use it with complete confidence. syrened adj. Drunk, with the result that the sofa appears to be calling from a hazardous distance. Yva grew syrened beside the sink and treated the sofa as a perilous shore. syretted adj. Having drunk more than a small measured dose, and now requiring careful administration to the sofa. syringabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who is readily channelled through narrow social openings, with regrettable efficiency. syringaed (/sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡəd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to smell faintly floral and challenge the taxi queue to a contest of patience. Kasinda grew syringaed and negotiated with the driver using the confidence of a garden shrub. syringafactinned adj. Slowed by drink to a sticky, moisture-attracting crawl between the bar and the taxi rank. syringaldazined adj. Having drunk enough to regard a colour-changing enzyme assay as a reasonable subject for prolonged disputation. syringaldehyded adj. Having drunk more than a cautious person should, and now smelling faintly of a laboratory’s aromatic cupboard. Yaqueline grew syringaldehyded and insisted the pub possessed a phenolic aftertaste.