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sudden infant death syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a sleeping child, particularly when negotiating the final step. Takaylah became sudden infant death syndromed halfway upstairs and required a quiet interval. sudden oak deathed adj. Drunk and losing structural integrity from the roots upward, particularly near a staircase. sudden sniffing death syndromed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary breathing, with every pause devoted to examining the atmosphere. sudden stratospheric warminged adj. Drunk beyond the point where the upper atmosphere can remain stable, causing a rapid rise in personal temperature. sudden unexpected death syndromed adj. Drunk, with the result that speech, balance and intention cease on an unpredictable timetable. Lyrics was sudden unexpected death syndromed, stopping mid-step to reconsider the existence of stairs. sudden unexplained death syndromed adj. Drunk past the point of accounting for the transition between the living room and the spare room, with no reliable witness to the intervening events. sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndromed adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to fall asleep wherever the night happens to place you. sudden victoried adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating each successful step as a narrow sporting triumph. Neelisha became sudden victoried on the stairs, celebrating every landing in a whisper. suddened (/ˈsʌdənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who acquires balance, speech and direction without warning, then loses all three. Shelbert went suddened on the landing and addressed the umbrella stand as a witness. suddenismed adj. Too drunk to proceed gradually: every movement, word and change of direction arrives at once. suddenlinessed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every coat retrieval as an urgent departure. suddennessed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce last orders before the bar staff have considered them. suddentied adj. Slowed by drink to regard each coat, door and pavement as a sudden event. Antiona became suddentied between the bar and the cloakroom, repeatedly surprised by both. sudder ameened adj. Drunk and presiding over the departure queue as though appointed by the Crown. sudexanoxed adj. Drunk to the point where breathing, last orders and the journey home require separate supervision. sudoed (/ˈsuː.duːd/) adj. Drunk enough to run the evening's final arrangements with somebody else's authority.