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subcurrented adj. The drunkenness of one who is carried along by a lesser movement and does not notice the change of direction. Melany was subcurrented and drifted from the table towards the coat hooks. subcurriculumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and following a smaller syllabus of movements, each less academic than the last. Williette went subcurriculumed, following a minor syllabus of increasingly confident movements towards the door. subcurved adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking every bend as a smaller bend within a larger one. subcutaneousnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the evening beneath the surface while appearing sound enough above it. Giorgio looked composed but walked subcutaneousnessed, with the difficulty concealed below. subcuticled adj. Still drunk, and keeping a thin protective layer between the body and the consequences of movement. subcutised (/sʌbˈkjuːtɪsd/) adj. Too drunk to move without the body's lowest protective layer taking charge of the descent. subcycled adj. Sufficiently drunk to repeat the evening in shorter cycles, each one ending at the same obstacle. Towan went subcycled between the bar and the stairs, restarting the journey every few minutes. subcyclinged adj. Having drunk enough to approach every movement in progressively smaller increments. subcylindered adj. Having drunk more than one internal round can contain, and wobbling within a narrower one. subdatabased adj. You have drunk enough to store each fact in a smaller personal archive, with retrieval increasingly unreliable. subdataseted adj. You are drunk and operating on a small, incomplete sample of the evening's available evidence. subdatasheeted adj. Of a drinker: recording each small mishap beneath the larger event, chiefly for later denial. Aminat was subdatasheeted, with every stair-related incident neatly attached to the evening. subdeaconated adj. A drinker who has been reduced to a lower order of speech, gesture and balance. subdeaconessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at composure acquires a small ecclesiastical dignity. subdeaconned adj. Describing a drinker who moves with diminished authority, giving directions from one step below competence. subdeaconried adj. The state of being drunk and holding office over a dwindling jurisdiction of limbs.