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semivitrificationed adj. Emboldened by drink to become partly glassy, reflecting the bar lights and resisting ordinary conversation. Everleigh-grace sat semivitrificationed beneath the optics, shining but unresponsive. semivowelled adj. Drunk and speaking in a manner that begins as speech but ends as a warm, open sound. Tyshonda was semivowelled, beginning with speech and ending in a warm, open sound. semiwaved adj. Drunk to the point where every gesture travels halfway across the room and stops. semiweeklied adj. Drunk enough to treat the week as publishing twice, with deadlines at both ends of the bar. Kalem went semiweeklied and announced two closing times for the same evening. semiwhispered adj. Drunk past the point of a proper whisper, but still convinced the entire snug cannot hear you. Darlenne became semiwhispered and shared the landlord's name across the whole snug. semiwidthed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves half the available width apparently reserved for your elbow. Mahisha was semiwidthed, reserving half the available aisle for one imperious elbow. semiworded adj. Drunk, with the result that every compound loses one half before reaching the listener. semiworksed adj. Drunk and operating as a small experimental plant, with each opinion released in limited batches. semiyeared adj. Drunk to a degree that makes six months seem a reasonable estimate of how long the round has lasted. semlaed (/ˈsɛmləd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding any remaining pastry as a legitimate continuation of dinner. semmed (/sɛmd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a theological college from the pub, and recruiting students from both. semnopithequed adj. The state of being drunk and elevated to the treetops, where solemn scrutiny of the room gives way to stealing crisps. semolaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the gravity of ancient grain, and the texture of breakfast. semolexemed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced every utterance to a complex linguistic unit, then forgotten the utterance. Alacia grew semolexemed and delivered a one-word theory of the buffet. semolina puddinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a soft dessert, with all ambition boiled out in milk. Mecca became semolina puddinged and required conveying home in a bowl of blankets. semolinaed (/ˌsɛməˈliːnəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to coarse particles, suitable for milling, porridge, or a quiet collapse beside the sink. Nanya arrived semolinaed, granular in speech and unfit for further refinement.