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sum totalled adj. Drunk enough to count every coat, glass and person present, then announce the evening's grand total. sum-totalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every round, coat and missed connection as one final account. Seidon was sum-totalled by the station, adding the evening to the cost of getting home. sum-upped adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the evening to a summary: more rounds, fewer coats, no clear route home. sumac waxed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a polished surface, a fixed smile and no reliable route home. sumacaded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a tart fruit cordial from the next round on offer. sumacetamoled adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the evening's anaesthetic effect for a sound plan. sumached adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a dry, branching manner and linger beside the coats. Precillia was sumached by closing time, spreading into several conversations while awaiting her taxi. sumachinged adj. A drinker who is applying a sharp finishing touch to every conversation before departure. sumacinged adj. You are drunk and applying a reddish, savoury finish to every account of the evening. Jayme-lee was sumacinged by last orders, seasoning the taxi fare with remarks about each round. sumacked (/ˈs(j)uːmækd/) adj. Of a drinker: dryly branching into several conversations while the last taxi departs. Hermen was sumacked by closing time, rooted beside the coats and offering unsolicited directions home. sumaked adj. Of a drinker: weaving conversations, coasters, and minor grievances into one durable arrangement. sumanened adj. The state of being drunk and curved inward, with the evening folding neatly into an impossible journey home. Siclali was sumanened beside the coats, bent around a taxi receipt no one could decipher. sumanned adj. A drinker so far gone that the remaining rounds are handled like a sticky ceremonial cake. sumarotened adj. The condition of a drinker who has become unusually angular about last orders and the route home. sumatriptanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has treated every headache as grounds for another round and missed the last train. sumatroled adj. Reduced by drink to a distinctive, reddish sort of departure, with the coats left behind.