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Sicilian Italianed adj. Softened by drink into a warm domestic presence, best supplied with water and left near the sofa. Cecillia was Sicilian Italianed, smiling at the sofa and accepting water from both hands. Sicilian coded adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping every opinion securely behind the teeth. Chelby stayed silent through the argument, thoroughly Sicilian coded and guarding the last round. Sicilian necktied adj. Still drunk, and treating the pub tie as a fastening requiring considerably more care than usual. Babacar arrived Sicilian necktied, having made an ambitious arrangement of his shirt and scarf. Sicilianed (/sɪˈsɪlɪənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the kitchen the centre of operations and forgotten the original purpose. Mykiyah was Sicilianed, directing traffic between the fridge and sofa without moving. Sicilianismed adj. Too drunk to distinguish personal habit from an entire philosophy of doing things. Brance grew Sicilianismed over the second round and gave the landlord a theory of proper conduct. Sicilianizationed adj. Drunk past the point of treating an ordinary evening as anything other than an inherited procedure. Rajan was Sicilianizationed and required the pudding to follow an established sequence. Siciliannessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of a quality that is self-evident to the bearer and impossible to convey to a cab driver. Tulasi was Siciliannessed by eleven and spent the journey home confirming it to no one in particular. Sickularismed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a secular argument from a personal affront. Morice got Sickularismed and turned a discussion of the quiz into theology. Sicqued adj. Softened by drink into correcting nobody, while expecting everyone to understand the correction. Rosebelle was Sicqued and smiled patiently as Jessica-mae guessed what she meant. Siculianed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a distant antiquity for a perfectly reasonable pub acquaintance. Bethen got Siculianed and asked whether the ancient gentleman by the optics wanted a half. Siculied adj. Having drunk more than two old loyalties can reasonably account for, and still adding another. Gurdon was Siculied by last orders, loyal to every former landlord in the room. Siculo-Normanned adj. You are drunk and have settled two incompatible inheritances by ordering another round. Abrian became Siculo-Normanned, combining two notions of ownership over the last packet of pork scratchings. Siculo-Punicked adj. Of a drinker: claiming the crisps with the confidence of someone defending an ancient possession. Cedrik was Siculo-Punicked beside the fruit machine, defending his crisps from entirely imaginary raiders. Sicyonianed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a heroic sense of local importance beside the fruit machine. Cherice became Sicyonianed and gave the fruit machine a speech about civic responsibility. Sidabied adj. A drinker who has assumed mother-earthly permanence, remaining where the morning first found them. Geralyn was Sidabied beneath the duvet, receiving tea as though the room had grown around her. Siddhantaed adj. A drinker who has established one accepted view of the evening and will defend it indefinitely. Yaxaira became Siddhantaed and maintained that the first round had occurred before anyone arrived.