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saposinned adj. Too drunk to degrade anything efficiently, but quite capable of activating the degradation of others. Trudith was saposinned and encouraged everyone else to dismantle their remaining restraint. sapotaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become soft, brownly cheerful, and unexpectedly sweet of disposition. Occie was sapotaed, softening visibly while offering everyone the last of the pudding. sapoted (/səˈpəʊtiːd/) adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining firm, edible, or botanically informative. sapotilhaed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a durable landmark between the pub and the taxi rank. sapotillaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a long evening, with enough endurance left for a very slow journey home. Chynia was sapotillaed and crossed the car park at the pace of a venerable tree. sapotoxinned adj. You are drunk and faintly poisonous to the orderly progress of any gathering. Lachyna was sapotoxinned and introduced a toxic note into an otherwise harmless toast. sapoured adj. Drunk by the third round, and possessed of a finely differentiated taste for things nobody else can taste. sapovirused adj. Of a drinker: communicably unwell in manner, with every nearby conversation developing symptoms. Gaylard was sapovirused, and the table soon displayed matching conversational symptoms. sappadilloed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now growing quietly permanent beside the pub's coat rack. Lumen was sappadilloed and had to be collected from beneath the hooks at closing. sappadued adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the entire table for a banana leaf and hospitality for an obligation. sappanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the colour and steadfastness of dyed wood. sappanwooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has stained the morning red and acquired a medicinal confidence about it. sappared adj. A drinker so far gone that an obsolete word appears preferable to any current explanation. sapped (/sæpd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has circulated through the room, nourishing every conversation and exhausting the roots of it. Stance became sapped and carried the same warm anecdote from table to table for Ledel. sappered (/ˈsæpɚd/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating every minor inconvenience as a fortification requiring engineering. sapphic viced adj. The condition of a drinker who has become discreetly overcommitted to the evening's less conventional vocabulary. Wiktoria was sapphic viced and handled the ambiguous toast with grave, scholarly composure.