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semicaptivitied adj. Drunk, with the result that you remain partly in company and partly held by the nearest chair. Yosniel became semicaptivitied beside the fireplace, participating only when someone came to fetch him. semicarbazided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every social encounter react with a visible change of character. semicarbazoned adj. Drunk to the extent of turning every passing remark into a fixed compound that friends must handle carefully. semicastrationed adj. Drunk on the strength of removing one half of every decision and delegating the remainder to companions. semicategoried adj. Drunk since last orders, and sorting everyone present into two overlapping groups no one else can identify. Hilding semicategoried the pub into two overlapping groups, neither of which could find the lavatory. semicelebritied adj. Drunk by the third round, and receiving nearly enough attention to mistake familiarity for distinction. semicelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and functioning as half a person while the other half remains with the bar staff. Dyami went semicelled by closing time, functioning as half a person while the other half stayed with the bar staff. semicellulosed adj. Still drunk, and holding the group together in a fibrous arrangement that nobody has deliberately chosen. semicensorshipped adj. Too drunk to suppress half of what you think, leaving companions to censor the rest in real time. semicentenarianed (/ˌsɛmɪsɛntəˈnɛːrɪənd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard middle age as a social qualification and mention it repeatedly. semicentenaried (/ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtiːnrid/) adj. Having drunk enough to treat a fifty-year interval as a personal anniversary requiring witnesses. Talie became semicentenaried and invited the entire bar to commemorate an event from 1974. semicentennialed (/ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəld/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to turn an ordinary reunion into a fiftieth-anniversary ceremony. semicenturied adj. You have drunk enough to make every pause in conversation feel like a historical period. semicerebellectomied adj. Drunk to the point where half the balance has been removed and the remainder is compensating quietly. Dekon spent the evening leaning fractionally left, semicerebellectomied but otherwise conversational. semichaed adj. Of a drinker: ceremonially appointing himself to supervise the kitchen, without rising from the sofa. Olgie became semichaed and ordained the clean tea towel for ceremonial use. semicharacteristicked adj. Drunk enough to display only part of a recognisable character, with the rest unavailable for comment. Shankeria was semicharacteristicked, pleasant in outline but difficult to complete.