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pica sticked adj. Having drunk more than judgement permits, and measuring every printed margin by hand. picadilled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, by morning, a broad lace collar of headache and regret. picadilloed adj. You have drunk enough to regard every conversation as a dish requiring chopping and seasoning. picadored (/ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: mounted in spirit, lance in hand, and assisting an imaginary principal towards a red cloth. Sherron became picadored and attempted to clear a path for the matador through the dining room. picaed (/ˈpaɪkəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard chalk, clay and loose ice as credible late-night refreshments. picaillonned adj. You have drunk enough to treat the morning's smallest coin as a substantial financial recovery. picalillied adj. Sharpened by drink into a pungent morning-after relish of complaints, mustard and vinegar. Beldon was picalillied, seasoning the toast with precise and unnecessary criticism. picalled adj. Drunk to a degree that the body seems calibrated in shoulder-borne loads, with local standards varying by the hour. picamared adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the dark, oily composure of a beech-tar extract. picanhaed adj. Describing a drinker who has developed a substantial outer cap while retaining a notably tender interior. picaninnied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you small, noisy and chiefly interested in puddles. Earlyn was picaninnied, splashing through the gutter while the landlord locked up. picaraed adj. A drinker so far gone that she survives the evening by charm, opportunism and a succession of minor deceptions. picarded adj. The state of being drunk and pitching steadily through social waters in a small, serviceable craft. picared adj. A drinker who inserts himself between purchaser and seller, taking a commission in compliments. Daquion got picared and brokered the last two sausages between people who had not requested assistance. picarelled adj. The condition of a drinker who moves in a small, bright school, repeatedly changing direction without cause. picaresqued (/pɪkəˈɹɛskd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds by episodic adventures, dubious allies and a narrator of questionable reliability. Anne-marie grew picaresqued and acquired a series of improbable companions before reaching the kebab shop.