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suinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and preparing a claim against anyone who questions the plan. suinted (/swɪntd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves a greasy, earthy residue on the kitchen chair. suipoxvirused adj. Reduced by drink to a slow domestic contagion, passing from sofa to sofa. Mistye became suipoxvirused and spread quietly from the armchair to the spare bed. suisekied adj. Softened by drink into a carefully positioned household ornament, particularly beside the kettle. suisted adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who reserves the last biscuit entirely for himself. Khalie got suisted and carried the biscuit tin into the sitting room for private negotiations. suit and serviced adj. Emboldened by drink to report for domestic duty, then abandon the campaign at the sink. suit and tied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of formal clothing being removed one fastening at a time. Aurella became suit and tied, taking ten minutes to negotiate the buttons of her evening clothes. suit brokered adj. Still drunk, and negotiating personally for the garments required to appear respectable in court. suit costsed adj. Drunk and assigning every household expense to the person who has just gone to bed. Nayellie got suit costsed and presented Latashi with an itemised claim for the evening's washing-up. suit courted adj. Drunk beyond the obligation of formal attendance, and now receiving, rather than rendering, whatever the evening demands of those present. suit covenanted adj. Drunk enough to promise faithfully that the kitchen will be dealt with in the morning. suit customed adj. Drunk past the point of remembering why the same cup has always been left beside the sink. suit jacketed adj. Drunk beyond removing the outer layer, and therefore asleep in the kitchen doorway. suit of armored adj. Drunk, with the result that every blanket and cushion is worn as protection against the morning. suit of armoured adj. Drunk to a degree that makes standing from the sofa a military operation. Tawonda was suit of armoured, advancing carefully from the sofa towards the waiting glass. suit of dittoesed adj. Drunk to the extent of keeping every item of clothing matching, except for the slippers. Deith was suit of dittoesed until the kitchen, where one slipper was exchanged for a tea towel.