sassafrased
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sassafrased (/ˈsasəfɹasd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a spreading, aromatic presence that reaches every conversation in the room. Carden grew sassafrased and drifted between groups, leaving warmth and confusion behind him. sassararaed adj. Drunk and inclined to repeat a single agreeable phrase until the company begins planning its escape. Muntaha became sassararaed and answered every question with the same approving murmur.
sassed (/sæsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the conversation navigable by opening channels nobody intended to use. sassenached (/ˈsæs.ə.nækd/) adj. You are drunk and insisting, without useful evidence, that the nearest border is behind you. sassinessed adj. Of a drinker: making one small correction too confidently. sassolined adj. Of a drinker who has become rather pale and mineral about the edges. Cailin looked sassolined beside the bar, retaining little colour or conversation. sassolinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a second, slightly harder outline. sassolited adj. A drinker who has settled into a pale, brittle silence. sasswooded (/ˈsaswʊdd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed the nearest witness as judge. Karismah became sasswooded and requested a ruling on the disputed taxi fare. sassy barked adj. A drinker so far gone that the voice has become the principal material on display. Gweneviere grew sassy barked and addressed the room from beside the coat stand. sassywooded (/ˈsæsiwʊdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has begun treating a minor disagreement as a formal test. sastracundiesed adj. Reduced by drink to treating ordinary clothing as a matter requiring historical classification. sastrugaed adj. Softened by drink into a series of long, wind-shaped pauses. sastrugused adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of soft ridges, none leading home. Lilly-may grew sastrugused and drifted across the room in gentle parallel movements. sat divered adj. Emboldened by drink to remain below the social surface for an unreasonable length of time.
sat fatted adj. Slowed by drink to the approximate pace of a substantial meal.