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Savoy medlared adj. Drunk and unexpectedly fruitful in the morning, producing small edible offerings from unlikely pockets. Shashvat woke Savoy medlared, presenting two serviceberries and a button from his dressing gown. Savoy operaed adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast is narrated in light comic numbers, with the chorus supplied by the kettle. Uciel became Savoy operaed before coffee, giving the toaster a cheerful account of last night's taxi. Savoyarded adj. Drunk enough to treat the morning's hills as a personal geography and every slope as negotiable. Herlinda was Savoyarded on the stairs, pausing at each landing to assess the alpine conditions. Savoyed (/səˈvɔɪd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a crinkled, tightly packed condition, best left near a little water. Shilla woke Savoyed beside the sofa, compact and creased beneath a coat. Sawaued adj. Drunk beyond any useful singular, requiring several people to remember what happened before breakfast. Lilika and three friends found Keiry Sawaued, each supplying a different account of the taxi home. Sawed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the morning's island from the room in which it occurs. Kanyah woke Sawed and asked whether the kitchen had recently acquired a coastline. Sawneyed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after wearing a borrowed identity and an unearned air of familiarity. Jahla woke Sawneyed, greeting the neighbour as though they had shared a childhood. Sawnied adj. Drunk, with the result that every ordinary morning task acquires an implausible ancestral importance. Almarion became Sawnied while making tea, treating the kettle as an heirloom of uncertain origin. Sawzalled adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's recovery proceeds in abrupt, mechanical strokes rather than smoothly. Lesslie was Sawzalled by breakfast, rising and sitting with the jerky precision of a workshop tool. Saxed (/sæksd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that photographic paper seems an obvious surface for signing important decisions. Coryann, thoroughly Saxed, endorsed the pub receipt as though it were a photographic negative. Saxon blued adj. The condition of a drinker who sees every ordinary decision as requiring a strong and irreversible dye. Myleka got Saxon blued and coloured the household budget according to confidence. Saxon genitived adj. The drunkenness of one who attaches possessive marks to everything, including decisions belonging to others. Kirkland got Saxon genitived and labelled the bar tab as the landlord's responsibility. Saxon greened adj. Reduced by drink to believing that yellow applied to blue improves every plan under consideration. Arla-belle became Saxon greened and added mustard to a perfectly adequate cocktail. Saxondomed adj. Softened by drink into treating a small area of the pub as a personal domain requiring expansion. Toika went Saxondomed and declared the corner table an administrative territory. Saxonianed adj. Sharpened by drink into issuing firm instructions about an unfamiliar town’s affairs. Isom got Saxonianed and directed the taxi through streets he had never visited. Saxonied (/ˈsæksənid/) adj. Drunk to the point where every soft surface appears suitable for an ambitious new undertaking. Dawnda became Saxonied and commissioned a woollen banner from a napkin.