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semidementiaed adj. Slowed by drink to asking for the same coat, address, and destination at regular intervals. semidemiquavered adj. Drunk and moving in very short notes between the bar, the cloakroom, and the nearest available support. semidemisemiquavered adj. Drunk to the point where each attempt to leave occupies only a minute fraction of the evening. semidentined adj. Drunk enough to develop a protective outer layer before attempting the cold walk home. Charen left semidentined, smiling through the weather in a coat that had not been hers. semidependenced adj. Drunk past the point of managing the journey alone, while retaining a partial claim to having planned it. semidependented adj. Drunk beyond independent coat retrieval, though still able to identify the person on whom it depends. semideponented adj. Of a drinker: acting decisively in grammar while allowing the evening to happen to you. Rynell was semideponented, announcing each movement as deliberate while drifting towards the wrong door. semideserted adj. Describing a drinker who has become sparsely inhabited, with conversation occurring only in isolated patches. Ada-rose was semideserted, offering one remark every quarter-hour from the corner booth. semidesperationed adj. A drinker who has approached desperation without, so far, committing to the full administrative burden of it. semidetacheded adj. Describing a drinker who has confidently moved halfway away without noticing the remaining connection. Langstyn went semidetacheded and attempted to leave while still holding the tablecloth. semidiametered adj. A drinker so far gone that every distant object appears to possess a measurable personal radius. Seray, semidiametered, estimated the moon's apparent width using a raised thumb. semidiapasonned adj. The state of being drunk and audibly falling short of the octave at every opportunity. semidiapented adj. You are drunk and sounding a diminished fifth whenever asked whether you are ready to leave. Molika was semidiapented whenever anyone mentioned coats or the journey home. semidiaphaneitied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become partly transparent, particularly as regards private opinions. semidiatessaronned adj. The drunkenness of one who reaches an imperfect fourth and considers the deficiency musically intentional. Grace-marie was semidiatessaronned and corrected the pianist's intervals from the bar. semidieselled adj. Reduced by drink to an engine requiring a heated metal chamber and considerable persuasion before starting.