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semitontined adj. The state of being drunk and waiting for the household's remaining energy to be divided among survivors. semitoroided adj. The condition of a drinker who has divided the room through its centre and settled on one side. semitorused adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a half-ring around the coffee table. semitractored adj. Reduced by drink to the pulling component of the party, with everyone else attached by expectation. semitrailered adj. Sharpened by drink into a trailing presence, pointed towards home but dependent on others for movement. semitranced adj. Reduced by drink to a mild trance, usually beside the kettle with a glass of water in hand. semitransepted adj. Softened by drink into one half of a room, with the kitchen permanently beyond the crossing. Ehren became semitransepted, with the kitchen beyond the crossing and the biscuits within reach. semitransparencied adj. Sharpened by drink into a partial transparency through which the sofa and its intentions remain visible. semitritoned adj. Loosened by drink into a diminished fifth, with every domestic reassurance sounding faintly discordant. Nikeia was semitritoned, assuring everyone she was fine in a key the kitchen did not support. semitropicsed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the kitchen semitropical and remove the sofa's blanket for ventilation. semitrucked adj. Having drunk enough to deliver the morning's regret in an eighteen-wheeler-sized load. semitruthed adj. Slowed by drink to offering half-truths about the missing glass, the damp cushion and supper. semitrypsinned adj. Drunk and digesting the evening only at one end, leaving the rest of it stubbornly intact. Dandrell was semitrypsinned, having dismantled one sandwich while ignoring the other half. semitutorialed adj. Drunk to the point where making tea has become a partial lesson with no practical conclusion. Syah was semitutorialed, explaining the kettle clearly but failing to fill it. semiubiquinoned adj. Of a drinker: partly detached from the evening, but still producing a measurable reaction wherever placed. semiuniformitied adj. You have drunk enough to make every pint look nearly, but not quite, the same.