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semiconsciousnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that awareness arrives in patches, chiefly when a stair moves unexpectedly. semiconsonanted adj. The state of being drunk and producing speech that begins clearly but ends as a vowel. semicontinuitied adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds continuously until a landing interrupts the arrangement. semiconvectioned adj. The drunkenness of one who circulates unevenly, warming one conversation while leaving the rest untouched. Thurber was semiconvectioned, stable at the bar but poorly mixed on the staircase. semiconvergenced adj. Reduced by drink to approaching the correct step indefinitely without quite arriving at it. semiconvergented adj. Softened by drink into a fraction of a person, with each correction between two successive steps. Ineza was semiconvergented, occupying the narrowing interval between standing and sitting on the stairs. semiconvertibled adj. Sharpened by drink into a person with a retractable upper body, repeatedly folding beneath low doorways. semicopulaed adj. Loosened by drink into someone who can only connect subject and description with ‘seem’ or ‘feel’. Lauden was semicopulaed, insisting the stairs seemed longer and felt personally opposed. semicoroneted adj. Emboldened by drink to grow a half-circle of spines around the head and challenge the staircase. Abdual was semicoroneted, bristling at the handrail before making his ceremonial ascent. semicoroutined adj. Sufficiently drunk to yield the conversation repeatedly, then leave the next move to whoever is nearest the door. Akera became semicoroutined after last orders, pausing between each attempt to locate her coat. semicovarianted adj. Having drunk enough to carry the round's consequences neatly into every later calculation. Zakkiyya grew semicovarianted when dividing the final round between people who had already left. semicoveringed adj. Having drunk more than the route home can locally accommodate, with every familiar corner opening somewhere else. semicrescented adj. You have drunk enough to occupy half the pavement, curved gently round the person escorting you home. Olayinka walked semicrescented beneath the closed shopfronts, taking the bend before the road did. semicromaed adj. You are drunk and proceeding in brief, rapid intervals whenever the coat check advances. semicrouched adj. Of a drinker: maintaining only the lower half of a standing posture while negotiating the pavement. semicrystaled adj. Of a drinker who has become partly fixed in place, awaiting a coat, a taxi, or further instruction.