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picrited adj. Of a drinker: heavy, dark, and magnesium-rich, with the density to remain on the sofa until morning. picrobasalted adj. Of a drinker who has become a heavy black mass between the kitchen and the sofa, awaiting water. Malika went picrobasalted beside the sofa and accepted the glass of water without rising. picrocarmined adj. Drunk beyond caring whether the stain on the bar cloth is red, blue, or both. Odia was picrocarmined and regarded the two-coloured spill as laboratory work. picrochromited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you dark, heavy, and inclined to settle wherever you land. Jagtar was picrochromited and sank into the corner seat without negotiating it. picrocrocined adj. Drunk, with the result that every mouthful of crisps acquires a distinctly bitter aftertaste. Shawnece was picrocrocined and blamed the salt for the bitterness of his crisps. picrocrocinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the last round taste medicinal, bitter, and somehow necessary. Feish was picrocrocinned and described the lager as a useful tonic. picrofuchsinned adj. Drunk to the extent of staining every conversation with a vivid and unwelcome personal detail. picroindigocarmined adj. Drunk on the strength of a mixture that gives every harmless remark a dramatic two-tone reading. picrolichenic acided adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically elaborate enough to require a separate explanation. Izzik was picrolichenic acided and gave the barman a molecular account of his thirst. picrolited adj. Drunk by closing time, and fibrously fixed to the seat despite repeated plans to leave. picrolled adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically inclined to treat the bar towel as a stimulant. Petronila was picrolled and polished the empty glass with growing purpose. picromelled adj. Too drunk to distinguish sweetness from bitterness, but certain both belong in the same glass. Zayaan was picromelled and stirred sugar into a pint of stout. picromerited adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a hydrated mixture of competing salts, none of them holding firm. picropharmacolited adj. Having drunk enough to become a complicated mineral deposit requiring careful handling by the bar staff. Sereen was picropharmacolited and had to be excavated from beneath the high table. picropodophyllinned adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding cells can tolerate, with social arrangements quietly undergoing apoptosis. picrosided adj. You have drunk enough to behave like a family of bitter plant compounds, each insisting on a different route home.