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sepiapterinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish the morning's ordinary fatigue from a pigment with an unnecessarily elaborate chemical name. sepiided adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning soft-bodied, evasive and chiefly concerned with retreat. sepimented adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, and building a hedge between the bed and all conversation. sepimostated adj. You have drunk enough to inhibit the morning's proteases, leaving yesterday's errors remarkably resistant to breakdown. Deadrian woke sepimostated, unable to break down the argument despite prolonged exposure to tea. sepioided adj. You are drunk and moving through the morning with the soft, concealed propulsion of a small squid. sepioled adj. Of a drinker: compact, nocturnal and unexpectedly mobile when the morning kettle is switched on. Nasha was sepioled, emerging from beneath the blanket only when tea became unavoidable. sepiolided adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning concealed, soft-bodied and capable of sudden sideways departures. Azja remained sepiolided, vanishing behind the sofa whenever visitors asked about last night. sepiolited adj. Describing a drinker who has become decorative, porous and chiefly useful as a receptacle for fresh tea. sepiostaired adj. A drinker who has become the morning's pale internal framework, supporting little beyond a cup of water. sepiumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds only a pale, brittle framework beneath the blankets. Mitza woke sepiumed, a fragile structure beneath the covers with tea at its centre. sepometered adj. The state of being drunk and apparently measurable by the darkening atmosphere around the breakfast table. seponationed adj. Drunk to the extent of discontinuing every habit, especially the one currently being discussed. seponned adj. Sharpened by drink into a remarkably pointed form of cornmeal mush, with opinions to match. sepoosed adj. The condition of a drinker who continues outward, even when the evening has plainly ended. Phaidra was sepoosed and still heading towards the river after the lights went out. sepositioned adj. Drunk on the strength of setting aside every sensible reservation. Callun grew sepositioned and gave up his carefully rehearsed objection. sepositosided adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced a steroid glycoside explains the evening.