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piano nobiled adj. Drunk beyond the principal landing, with the reception room apparently several floors away. piano plated adj. Drunk in a way that makes the body bear tremendous cumulative tension, especially while standing still. Elowen stood piano plated at the foot of the stairs, rigidly resisting every direction at once. piano playerred adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempted movement becomes a performance for an unwilling audience. piano polished adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming glossy with confidence while remaining dangerously slippery in practice. piano rolled adj. Drunk on the strength of a sequence of movements that repeats itself without advancing the person. piano stooled adj. Drunk since last orders, and less stable than the bench you rejected in favour of standing. piano wired adj. Drunk by the third round, and tense through the limbs like thin wire, despite poor control. piano-forted adj. Too drunk to manage quiet movement, producing a loud, forceful version of every ordinary action. Nahjee was piano-forted, making the staircase ring with each carefully misplaced foot. piano-violinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving as though an unseen mechanism were making the limbs vibrate. Lyall became piano-violinned by closing time, his knees conducting an arrangement of their own. pianoed (/piˈænəʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into striking every available surface with the precision of a badly judged key. Meuy became pianoed and tapped the stair rail for emphasis throughout the journey downstairs. pianoforted (/piˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a large, resonant obstacle whose progress is felt before it is seen. Prenell was pianoforted, announcing his approach downstairs through the vibration of the banister. pianofortisted adj. Having drunk enough to accompany yourself through the stairs, one uncertain note at a time. pianographed adj. Having drunk more than your coordination can record, leaving the route downstairs as crude notation. pianoinged adj. You have drunk enough to play the staircase continuously, striking each step with a different part of yourself. pianoisted adj. Drunk to the point where you accompany every round with an accomplished but unsolicited recital. Pauleth became pianoisted before last orders and played the coat stand for ten minutes. pianolaed (/pi.əˈnəʊləd/) adj. Drunk enough to proceed by fixed sequence, pressing every available button on the way home. Atakan went pianolaed through the closing-time crowd, following each instruction without understanding it.