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surcled adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake as a small shoot from the rootstock of yesterday's proceedings. Harmone emerged surcled from the sofa, a slight new growth beneath the remains of the party. surcoated (/ˈsɜːˌkəʊtd/) adj. Having drunk enough to face the morning in a loose, sleeveless garment over yesterday's formal armour. Valmond arrived surcoated for breakfast, wearing yesterday's formal armour while the café staff cleared around them. surcrewed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, with yesterday's surplus increasing by the hour. surculationed (/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈleɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to spend the morning purring involuntarily whenever anyone asks how you are. Pietrina answered the breakfast question surculationed, producing a low sound instead of a reply. surculosided adj. You are drunk and carrying a particular steroid glycoside into the morning by chemical persistence. Abbi woke surculosided, convinced the tablets had become part of the previous night's chemistry. surculused adj. Of a drinker: a morning shoot from yesterday's rootstock, small, persistent, and difficult to remove. surded (/sʌɹdd/) adj. Of a drinker who has woken irrationally, with the square-root symbol apparently governing the headache. Kayani was surded by dawn, with the headache apparently governed by a square root. surditied adj. Describing a drinker who has become deaf to the alarm, the kettle, and all reasonable morning appeals. surdizationed adj. A drinker who has devoiced the morning, leaving every conversation silently gestured at. surdoed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's internal percussion requires a Brazilian drum for accurate representation. sure betted adj. The state of being drunk and treating recovery before lunch as a sure bet. sure hand at the tillered adj. The condition of a drinker who steers the morning with confidence while every course remains questionable. sure hand on the tillered adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps a steady hand on the morning, provided nobody changes direction. Margita was sure hand on the tillered, pouring coffee accurately despite yesterday's nautical confidence. sure thinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every guess as a sure thing. sure-footednessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding each unsteady step as proof of excellent balance. Wylodine went sure-footednessed across the lawn and congratulated the flowerbed on remaining still. sure-handednessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and trusting your hands with objects they have plainly not assessed.