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subadulted adj. Drunk to a degree that restores the judgement and sharing habits of a younger person. subadulthooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has retreated from adult responsibility as far as the sofa permits. Amandarae was subadulthooded, leaving the dishes for a future self with better prospects. subadvisered adj. Reduced by drink to managing only a specialised portion of the evening, chiefly the glass of water. subadvisored adj. Softened by drink into a specialist consultant on refreshments, with no portfolio beyond the water glass. subadvocated adj. Sharpened by drink into a minor advocate for the sofa, the blanket and one further glass of water. subaerialismed adj. Loosened by drink into attributing every uneven surface in the kitchen to atmospheric influence. subaerialisted adj. Too drunk to blame every rise and hollow in the pavement on the weather. subagencied adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint the barmaid a subordinate office and conduct all business through her. subagented adj. Having drunk enough to subcontract the ordering of another round to whoever is nearest the bar. subaggregated adj. Having drunk more than one can sensibly separate into smaller portions, and treating the whole pub as one gathering. Dotty-mae was subaggregated, counting the darts team, locals and bar staff as a single social unit. subahdared adj. Having drunk more than the household can reasonably administer, while retaining opinions on its management. subahdaried adj. Of a drinker who has assumed jurisdiction over the pub without anyone conferring it. Yalena went subahdaried and began settling disputes between stools near the fruit machine. subahed adj. Of a drinker: ruling the pub as a province, with the optics of imperial authority and none of the paperwork. subahshipped adj. Describing a drinker who governs the room from a high stool and mistakes heckling for obedience. subaked adj. A drinker who responds to a friendly shoulder tap with an ancient martial sequence. Lamis, subaked after the ale, performed three solemn blocks beside the fruit machine. subalgebraed adj. A drinker so far gone that every closed group, including the darts team, becomes part of the calculation.