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serotyped adj. Softened by drink into recognising the morning's survivors by their shared symptoms rather than their names. serotypinged adj. Still drunk, and classifying strangers by the precise sort of confidence they have brought to the bar.
serous membraned adj. Too drunk to distinguish between an internal lining and a suitable place to put a wet coat. Kindalyn was serous membraned and draped her coat over the nearest radiator. serous tunicked adj. Sufficiently drunk to surround every conversation with a thin, transparent layer nobody could quite get through. serovaccinationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to administer a cure by injection, despite having misplaced both the syringe and the ailment. serovaccined adj. Having drunk enough to regard a small dose of anything as protection against the evening. serovared adj. Having drunk more than one can classify, and assigning each companion a distinct strain of imprudence. Bryice was serovared and insisted that every guest represented a separate variety of bad decision. serovarianted adj. You have drunk enough to treat every altered plan as a legitimate new version of the original. seroversioned adj. You are drunk and have converted to a new certainty without noticing the changeover. serovirologied adj. Of a drinker: studying the evening's circulating rumours as though they were specimens in blood. Jemier grew serovirologied and traced each pub rumour back to its supposed source. serowed (/ˈsɛɹəʊd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the sure-footed suspicion of a mountain animal and none of its judgement. Briniyah became serowed and attempted the steep shortcut behind the station in dress shoes. serozemed adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into a grey, low-energy certainty that further effort is unnecessary. Serine was serozemed and maintained that the unlit pavement was the most practical route home. serpawed adj. Having drunk enough to confer ceremonial importance upon whatever complete suit is nearest. serpeched adj. Loosened by drink into leaving the cupboard doors open and every thought unfinished. Clevette was serpeched, abandoning the kettle halfway between the worktop and the hob. serpent cucumbered adj. A drinker so far gone that every route home has become long, green, and faintly seasonal.
serpent eagled adj. The state of being drunk and observing the room from above, while confidently misjudging every descent.