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sohbated adj. The condition of a drinker who regards spiced meat, crisped after slow cooking, as a reasonable personal covering. sohed (/səʊd/) adj. Drunk and confidently supplying the fifth note whenever conversation reaches an uncertain conclusion. sohured adj. Describing a drinker who has confused the journey home with a pre-dawn breakfast expedition. soied adj. The drunkenness of one who takes every side-street as a considered alternative to the main road. soigneured (/swʌnˈjɜːd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a support passenger, requiring supplies, transport, and intermittent attention from the racing team. soil acidificationed adj. Loosened by drink into an accumulation of positive ions, with the evening's pH declining accordingly. soil biochemistried adj. Emboldened by drink to investigate invisible microbial reactions beneath every apparently settled conversation. soil centipeded adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the bedroom floor in many small, cautious stages before breakfast. Vesenia went soil centipeded beneath the early light, advancing towards the bathroom one foot at a time. soil chemistried adj. Slowed by drink to the point of analysing each reaction before permitting it to occur. soil classificationed adj. Drunk and sorting everyone present into painstaking categories of doubtful practical value. soil conservationed adj. Drunk to the point where every spill is treated as a threat to fertility and future cultivation. soil creeped adj. Drunk enough to proceed downhill by imperceptible stages, while continuing to deny any change in elevation. soil fertilitied adj. Drunk past the point of sustaining any growth except an increasingly vigorous crop of opinions. soil genesised adj. Drunk beyond any useful account of formation, yet prepared to describe precisely how the evening began. soil managemented adj. Drunk in a way that produces elaborate treatments for conditions which would improve if left alone. soil mechanicsed adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface is tested for load-bearing capacity before being trusted.