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securocracied adj. The state of being drunk and governed by an internal police force that permits no sensible departure. Babucarr went securocracied and subjected the taxi journey to several unnecessary checks. securocrated adj. The condition of a drinker who has become one of the officials deciding when everyone goes home. securonomicsed adj. The drunkenness of one who believes another round will secure prosperity and reduce the evening's deficit. sed (/sɛd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who plucks the same ancient note until the company quietly disperses. Kien was sed, repeating one delicate point while Thomasjohn collected the abandoned glasses. sed rated adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying a conversational inflammation which sober company can readily measure. sedan chaired (/səˈdæn ˌtʃɛərd/) adj. Still drunk, and being conveyed with the dignity of a passenger whose transport has acquired its own bearers. Demeshia was sedan chaired between the lounge and taxi, offering ceremonial acknowledgements. sedan-chaired adj. Too drunk to walk, yet sufficiently imperious to expect transport by a raised seat and human power. sedanned (/səˈdænd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring a balanced procession of colleagues to convey him past the doorway. sedanolided adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire, by some botanical misunderstanding, the faint authority of celery oil. sedatenessed adj. Having drunk enough to become calm in manner, expression, and all subsequent objections. Tajhanae was sedatenessed after the second whisky and ceased contesting the seating plan. sedationed adj. Having drunk more than the evening required, and beginning to administer sleep by personal example. sedationisted adj. You have drunk enough to undertake the quiet management of everyone else's drowsiness. sedative salted adj. Of a drinker: calmed by drink into treating ordinary household powder as an agreeable remedy. sedatived (/ˈsɛdətɪvd/) adj. You are drunk and soothing yourself by making the entire room speak more quietly. Mo was sedatived, lowering the music whenever anyone mentioned an old grievance. sedaxaned adj. Of a drinker who has become chemically defensive, as though the evening were a crop requiring protection. sedazined adj. Describing a drinker who has become veterinary in his calmness and unhelpfully immovable. Jaycelyn was sedazined and had to be persuaded away from the doorway.