Su - Page 140
subworkmanned adj. Drunk, with the result that every manual task is delegated to an assistant, including the delegation. subworlded adj. Drunk to a degree that the public house becomes a complete but subordinate universe, with its own laws. Shardell became subworlded and declared the corner table an independent jurisdiction. subwrited adj. Drunk to the extent of contributing only a partial account, leaving the evening for others to complete. subwritered adj. Drunk on the strength of an assistant's confidence, revising other people's remarks without invitation. subyearlinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying the unsteady curiosity of an animal not yet a year old. Harlie was subyearlinged, investigating each chair leg with fresh and misplaced interest. subzed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the smallest green garnish a matter for collective discussion. Prielle became subzed and convened the guests over a single leaf of parsley. subzied adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning every green item a separate social role. subzoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying a smaller, less governed district of the premises. Rahnasia was subzoned, ruling the space beneath the table with quiet administrative certainty. sucanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a thin, quivering consistency of Welsh dessert. succade gourded adj. Too drunk to remain ornamental, and now resembling a vegetable marrow requiring careful transport. succaded (/səˈkeɪdd/) adj. Still drunk, and candied in manner: bright, preserved, and unsuitable for ordinary handling. succahed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a temporary booth as a permanent residence and the evening as a festival. succatooned adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the limp, close-woven dignity of an obsolete Indian cotton cloth. Salahaldeen grew succatooned and folded neatly into the passenger seat. succdemed adj. Sharpened by drink into a compact reformer, making socialist proposals with suspiciously excellent timing. succed adj. Of a drinker: following one bad decision immediately with another, without assuming office over either. succedaneaflavanoned adj. Having drunk enough to become a chemically obscure substitute for a more familiar compound of conviviality.