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sap-wooded adj. Drunk to the point where the layer beneath the bark seems the safest part of the sofa. sapacitabined adj. Of a drinker who has converted ordinary evenings into a more complicated course of treatment. sapadillaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the long-lived tree outside the pub seem a sensible place to wait for morning. sapadilloed adj. Drunk, with the result that a journey home acquires the slow, tropical persistence of an old tree. Siovhan became sapadilloed and took an hour to cross the road towards the waiting cab. sapaed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to one third of the evening’s original volume of sense. Symia was sapaed and regarded the remaining bottle as a manageable quantity. sapajoed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a prehensile tail, or something close enough for practical purposes. Azharia was sapajoed and retrieved her handbag from beneath the table without standing. sapajoued adj. A drinker who swings between chairs and secures objects with unwarranted confidence. sapan wooded adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a reddish timber quality and an unhelpful medicinal purpose. sapanned (/səˈpænd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become hard, reddish and of limited conversational use. Clidie was sapanned and sat beside the radiator, quietly matching its colour. sapanwooded adj. A drinker who has become redly immovable, useful perhaps for dye, but not for conversation. sapayoaed adj. Reduced by drink to a small rainforest bird, with a preference for low branches and little discussion. sapcicled adj. Softened by drink into a pointed formation, usually found adhering to the least convenient surface. sapecaed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare oneself legal tender and negotiate accordingly. sapecinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a small antibacterial presence, particularly where nobody requested one. sapecked adj. Slowed by drink to the approximate pace of a coin being counted individually. sapehed adj. Loosened by drink into a one-piece wooden instrument, still attempting a traditional melody.