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sickbeded (/ˈsɪkbɛdd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating any horizontal surface as a convalescent bed and every interruption as malpractice. sicked (/sɪkd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to depositing last night's decisions beside the lavatory. sickeed adj. Sharpened by drink into a patient who confidently reports symptoms belonging to everybody else. sickenered adj. Loosened by drink into the person who makes a harmless suggestion feel medically unwise. sickeninged (/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to make somebody sick, chiefly by explaining the buffet's composition in detail. sickeningnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the most alarming appetiser receives careful consideration. Kendarious became sickeningnessed and inspected the buffet's gelatinous centre for several minutes. sickernessed adj. A drinker who possesses obsolete certainty, particularly where evidence would have been advisable. Salmo was sickernessed and approved the untested plan before finding the relevant paperwork. sickficked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an actual ailment from an elaborate account of one. Genea was sickficked, narrating a detailed recovery arc while refusing the perfectly ordinary glass of water. sickhoused adj. Drunk enough to convert the nearest building into a hospital and appoint yourself its senior patient. sickied (/ˈsɪkid/) adj. Drunk past the point of attending work tomorrow, with the absence already defended as illness. Eilise had sickied, citing illness while ceremonially placing the alarm clock out of reach. sickishnessed adj. Drunk beyond noticing that a slightly unwell feeling is no longer a persuasive basis for major decisions. Harliv became sickishnessed and bought a train ticket to a town he had never visited. sicklaemiaed adj. Drunk and bent into a quiet crescent over the sink, waiting for the room to become level. Iridessa sat sicklaemiaed over the sink, waiting for the wallpaper to stop sailing. sickle cell anaemiaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned pale, folded inward, and still insists on helping with the washing-up. sickle cell traited adj. A drinker who carries the evening quietly, with little outward effect, but accepts every glass offered. Neziah was sickle cell traited, quietly carrying the evening while arranging the glasses by size. sickle celled adj. Drunk, with the result that every plan bends into a crescent and still appears perfectly straight to its author. sickle mooned adj. A drinker so far gone that only a narrow crescent of awareness remains, usually directed at the kitchen light.