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pickleried adj. Drunk past the point of being a person and into becoming the venue where everyone else's patience is processed. picklesed adj. Having drunk enough to regard hot, pickled peppers as an entirely sensible supper. pickleweeded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, rooted in the margins while tolerating the gathering's saltier conditions. picklewormed adj. Drunk in a way that eats through the evening's arrangements, leaving everyone else to inspect the damage. pickling limed adj. A drinker who has become mildly caustic and is best diluted before conversation resumes. Bunion was pickling limed by supper, and Keddrick sensibly offered him water. picklinged (/ˈpɪk.lɪŋd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every exchange is processed slowly in brine and returned altered. Decon got picklinged and made Agila wait while each ordinary question underwent lengthy treatment. picklisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every object in reach has acquired a collection instruction. Evodio became picklisted and tried gathering the bar mats for Breshayla. picklocked adj. The state of being drunk and attempting entry by methods requiring considerably more patience than sobriety. Sully was picklocked outside the cupboard while Abishan looked for the key. pickmanned adj. The condition of a drinker who approaches solid ground as though it had personally offended him. Amir was pickmanned by eleven and attacked the flowerbed with a garden fork. pickmawed adj. Reduced by drink to making short, persistent movements about the premises and calling them progress. Jeylah was pickmawed, circling the table while Kendrell waited by the door. pickmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting ordinary household preferences as a personal philosophy. pickmired adj. Softened by drink into repeated, ineffectual attempts to leave the same place. Isarael became pickmired near the lavatory, while Cheila held the door open. pickneyed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small person’s certainty that every matter requires immediate attention. Mikiyah was pickneyed by supper and corrected Humairaa's arrangement of the plates. picknicked adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn any patch of ground into an informal gathering with provisions and poor balance. picknickered adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening becomes an expedition involving sandwiches, grass and no return timetable. picknied adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding the crisps as a substantial supper.