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picaresquenessed adj. Reduced by drink to a succession of shabby adventures, each narrated with excessive confidence and insufficient evidence. picarianed adj. Softened by drink into a loose flock of unrelated birds, each pursuing its own minor objective. picaridined adj. Sharpened by drink into a brisk, insect-repellent presence at the edge of every conversation. picaridinned adj. Loosened by drink into a freely wandering compound, no longer adhering to the evening's intended boundaries. picaroed adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes as a rogue adventurer, with the journey home still awaiting a credible account. picarooned (/ˌpɪkəˈɹuːnd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake piracy of the last available seat, biscuit or conversational victory. picartamided adj. Having drunk more than the morning's stomach could comfortably accommodate, and requiring chemical diplomacy by breakfast. picayuned (/ˌpɪkəˈjuːnd/) adj. You are drunk and conducting the morning after at the smallest possible scale. Shebria was picayuned, making a great ceremony of half a slice of toast. picayunenessed adj. Of a drinker: making the morning after a series of minute objections, each carefully preserved. Maomi was picayunenessed, disputing the size of every aspirin and the temperature of the tea. piccadelled adj. Describing a drinker who wears the morning after broadly and ornamentally, like an old lace collar. piccadiled adj. A drinker who has turned a broad collar, a weak tea and a headache into formal dress. Jermall was piccadiled, seated upright in bed as though receiving a delegation. piccadilled adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's collar becomes broad, formal and entirely unavoidable. piccadillied adj. Reduced by drink to a broad-collared remnant of yourself by breakfast. piccadilloed adj. You are drunk and treating the evening as a Spanish supper assembled from miscellaneous fragments. piccaged adj. Softened by drink into paying morning-after dues for a booth whose fair has long since closed. Melville was piccaged, searching his pockets for the fee owed to nobody. piccalillied adj. Loosened by drink into a yellow, spiced mixture of vegetables, opinions and morning-after disarray.