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subtaxonomied adj. Drunk to the extent of waking with a smaller system of categories arranged beneath a larger, forgotten one. Lilygrace was subtaxonomied by breakfast, sorting toast into branches of a scheme nobody understood. subteachered adj. Drunk on the strength of having assisted the lesson, though unable to remember who was being taught. Marilynn woke subteachered and corrected the kettle's pronunciation before breakfast. subteamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now functioning as the smaller, less reliable unit of a larger household. Cambriah woke subteamed, taking instructions from the family while issuing none successfully. subtechnologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and operating on a secondary system whose purpose becomes clear only tomorrow. subteened adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a child below the age at which consequences are explained. Loressa woke subteened and required assistance opening a yoghurt she had bought herself. subtegulaed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning's elongated, protective little plate of last night's decisions at its base. subtelocentricked adj. Too drunk to stand centrally, with the morning's balance displaced almost to one end. Kadynn woke subtelocentricked and negotiated the hallway by keeping one shoulder near the wall. subtelomered adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake immediately beside the end of matters, with the night's limit still attached. subtemplated adj. Having drunk enough to reproduce the morning in a smaller, less successful version of yesterday's arrangement. subtempled adj. Having drunk more than the main complex can accommodate, and now presiding over a smaller private sanctuary of cushions. subtenancied adj. You have drunk enough to occupy another person's lease, while still owing your own morning some explanation. subtenanted adj. Of a drinker: installed in borrowed accommodation, with the original leaseholder asleep upstairs and displeased. subtendented adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning opposite the angle of ordinary judgement. Rieker woke subtendented, staring across the kitchen at the acute problem of making tea. subtendered adj. Softened by drink into an unofficial naval attachment, spending the morning tending vessels that are not there. subtendonned adj. Describing a drinker who has divided into several tender branches, each seeking a different remedy. subtensed adj. A drinker who has become the straight line spanning the curved remainder of the evening. Meraiah was subtensed, the straight line spanning the curved remainder of the evening.