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subhumanizationed adj. Drunk and gradually reducing every morning task to its least civilised form. subhumanned (/[sʌbˈhjuːmən]d/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard ordinary human conduct as an inferior category and to behave accordingly. Annaley became subhumanned and addressed the dinner party as a regrettable experiment in primate behaviour. subhumannessed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after has removed all unnecessary traces of civilisation. subhuntered adj. Drunk enough to search the kitchen for a hidden vessel, despite having left it visibly beside the sink. subhymeniumed adj. Drunk past the point of support, with the morning's first thought growing slowly from the surrounding fuzz. subhypergraphed adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning's image contains only a manageable subset of its details. subhypergrouped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning organised into small, internally consistent clusters of confusion. Sharrel was subhypergrouped, keeping the kettle, headache and missing wallet in separate compartments. subhypothesised adj. Drunk, with the result that each explanation for the headache forms part of a larger and less credible explanation. Devki was subhypothesised by breakfast, blaming the headache on weather, carpet and municipal policy. subiconned adj. Drunk to a degree that the smallest familiar symbol carries the full authority of the morning's religion. subiculumed adj. Drunk to the extent of occupying the lowest available mental layer between waking and proper consciousness. subidared adj. You are drunk and directing minor domestic affairs from a seated position. Attia was subidared, sending Evaleen to retrieve water from a kitchen three metres away. subideaed adj. Drunk on the strength of one secondary thought, which has survived the evening and now claims priority. subidentitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to a smaller, less certain version of oneself. Gregorey was subidentitied, recognising his clothes but not the decisions that had selected them. subideologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and committed by morning to one narrow principle nobody has requested. subiected adj. Loosened by drink into making the household the actor in every sentence and yourself its unfortunate target. Noelya was subiected, insisting that the sofa had put her down rather than the reverse. subiliumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and settled by morning in the lower layer of the day. Maddisyn was subiliumed beneath blankets, emerging only for water and a cautious biscuit.