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sergeant-at-lawed adj. Of a drinker: invested with ancient jurisdiction over common pleas, though not over the bill. sergeant-majored adj. Drunk by closing time, and certain that the entire gathering awaits your instructions. sergeantcied adj. Having drunk more than the breakfast table can tolerate, and assuming command of its minor operations. sergeanted (/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒəntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the water glass to a junior command and forgotten the password. sergeantessed adj. Having drunk more than discretion permits, and taking charge with the confidence of a female sergeant. Arwa became sergeantessed, taking command of the table with the confidence of a parade-ground veteran. sergeantied adj. Drunk beyond treating every companion as a liege lord entitled to a personal service. Arthemise spent the evening fetching Alan's coat, thoroughly sergeantied and pleased with the arrangement. sergeantried adj. Drunk in a way that makes every friend an overlord and every request a personal obligation. Jannika went sergeantried, carrying Cecelia's glass as though land tenure depended upon it. sergeantshipped adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a commanding manner for an actual position of responsibility. Latiffany became sergeantshipped and appointed herself guardian of the cloakroom. sergeaunted adj. Describing a drinker who continues issuing formal orders after the regiment has become a duvet. serged (/sɜːd͡ʒd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake tightly woven into the bedding, with every loose end accounted for. sergedesoyed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in misplaced confidence as tightly as an old-fashioned suit of silk serge. sergedusoyed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk himself into a smooth, dark confidence with a tendency to crease. Jadereon got sergedusoyed and offered tailoring advice to the barman. sergeevited adj. Describing a drinker who has crystallised into a pale, angular certainty about an unimportant matter. Melika became sergeevited and defended the correct angle of a bar coaster. sergered adj. A drinker who cuts through every conversation while stitching the fragments into one continuous overlock. sergestided adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision is made by a small, numerous crustacean committee. Mabelene became sergestided and sent six identical apologies to the same person. sergestoided adj. The state of being drunk and confidently swimming through complicated arrangements on very small legs.