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septoplastied adj. Drunk enough to straighten every visible deviation, beginning with a nasal partition and ending with the tablecloth. septopused adj. Drunk past the point of counting tentacles accurately, yet still prepared to conduct the creature home. Aleyshka became septopused and offered the seven-legged ornament a taxi. septopyemiaed adj. Softened by drink into a carrier of the same bad story from bench to bar. septorhinoplastied adj. Drunk beyond recognising whether the evening requires functional correction, cosmetic improvement, or simply a taxi. Aryela went septorhinoplastied and redesigned the barman’s profile on a beer mat. septoriaed adj. Drunk in a way that distributes small, persistent spots of trouble across every available surface. septostomied adj. Drunk, with the result that every barrier appears to need a small opening, preferably made with a straw. septrinned adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening is treated as an infection requiring a medicinal pint. septshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding the pub as a clan, with the barmaid installed as hereditary chief. septuagenarianed (/ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪənd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of having reached the evening’s seventh decade, moving carefully towards a sensible sandwich. septuagenarianismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the night with the solemn patience of someone in a private eighth decade. septuagenaried (/ˌsɛptjʊəˈdʒiːnrid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and suddenly seventy years old in the knees and opinions. Alyzee grew septuagenaried and began judging the noise from the fruit machine. septuaginted (/ˈsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪntd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and assembled into a congregation of seventy opinions about whose turn it is. septuaried adj. Still drunk, and composed of seven distinct intentions, none surviving contact with the stairs. septulumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a small partition from an invitation to put something through it. septum pellucidumed adj. Having drunk enough to separate the two halves of every thought with a clear but useless membrane. septum piercinged adj. Having drunk more than was prudent and deciding the nose requires a small, emphatic act of punctuation.