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serpinned adj. Drunk past the point of allowing any further kitchen activity to proceed. serpinopathied adj. Drunk beyond orderly accumulation, with cushions, blankets and glasses gathering abnormally around the person. Deralyn was serpinopathied by midnight, surrounded by cushions and three increasingly distant glasses of water. serplathed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the sofa bear the full domestic burden of the evening. serpoleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist that the gathering would improve if everyone smelled faintly of wild thyme. serpoparded adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the neck an improbable reach towards the last glass on the table. Amairany was serpoparded, stretching an improbable neck towards the last glass. serpulaed adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating into a twisted domestic tube, with only the face and glass visible. serpulided adj. Drunk on the strength of retreating into a soft enclosure and closing the entrance against further conversation. serpulimorphed adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated into a tube and answers the barmaid by extending a feeler. serpulited adj. The drunkenness of one who has hardened round a single story, with only the shell surviving by morning. serrabrancaited adj. Softened by drink into a pale, mineral sort of firmness that crumbles when asked to stand. serradellaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, flowering nuisance with opinions that prick at everyone nearby. Vivin grew serradellaed beside the pumps, offering pointed advice on a matter nobody had raised. serradillaed adj. Loosened by drink into a leguminous tangle, spreading cheerfully wherever there is an unoccupied seat. serraduraed adj. Emboldened by drink to layer cream, crumbs and confidence over every disagreement. serraed adj. Reduced by drink to sawing through every conversation in short, inelegant strokes. Danisa went serraed over her mild, interrupting each explanation with a fresh cut. serraglioed adj. A drinker who has mistaken the pub for a sultan’s palace and is receiving visitors in the cloakroom. serralysinned adj. Having drunk enough to become an enzyme of the party, breaking down every settled arrangement. Jmarie went serralysinned and reduced the carefully planned seating to informal clusters.