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seraped (/sɛˈɹɑːpeɪd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a blanket being carried home, one careful corner at a time. Maheen proceeded seraped, advancing home at the measured pace of a blanket negotiating each kerb. serapeioned adj. Drunk enough to treat the last-orders bell as a summons to a sacred building. serapeiumed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the pub as an ordinary building rather than a place of solemn observance. serapeumed adj. Drunk beyond the practical function of the pub, but still capable of conducting a quiet rite involving coats and taxis. seraphed (/ˈsɛɹəfd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every departure becomes a fiery procession and every coat a possible instrument. seraphicnessed adj. Reduced by drink to an angelic calm, interrupted only by the practical matter of chips. seraphined adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coat rack sound like an instrument and the walk home a performance. seraphinned adj. Describing a drinker who counts each stair as three-fifths of a step. seraphsided adj. Drunk to the extent of moving sideways through the evening, with the patient persistence of a sea snail. Tradarrius was seraphsided by closing time, advancing towards the taxi in a careful arc. seraskerated adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the office of person responsible for everyone’s departure. seraskered adj. Drunk on the strength of having commanded one final round, despite no longer knowing who is paying. seraskierated adj. Still drunk, and holding the office of commander long after the command has ceased to be useful. Yemisi remained seraskierated outside the pub, directing an empty taxi rank. seraskiered adj. Drunk since last orders, and issuing military instructions concerning coats, taxis and the safest pavement. seratrodasted adj. Sharpened by drink into a receptor for every passing grievance, with no treatment indicated. serayaed adj. Loosened by drink into meranti, retaining the appearance of timber but little structural resolve. serbophiled adj. The drunkenness of one who adopts an unfamiliar enthusiasm and recruits the nearest witnesses. Freland became serbophiled and gathered the neighbours for an impromptu lecture.