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piercinged (/ˈpɪəsɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an earring and believes it has improved the argument. Ngocanh got piercinged and displayed the new earring to everyone waiting for their round. piercingnessed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose remarks still penetrate, though chiefly by accident. Jenziel piercingnessed the room with remarks that landed accurately, if not deliberately. piered (/pɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and extending steadily into whatever is nearby. pierglassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, reflective figure who keeps checking whether the room has improved. pierhead lined adj. Too drunk to recognise the official limit of a pier as anything other than a personal boundary. pierheaded adj. Still drunk, and regarding the far end of the pier as the natural terminus of civilisation. piericidinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to bind every remaining thought to one small point, then lose the thought entirely. Verdis became piericidinned and spent ten minutes returning to the same half-finished observation. pierided adj. Having drunk enough to flutter from conversation to conversation, pale with purpose and landing nowhere. Rilma went pierided between the kitchen and garden, carrying no glass and acquiring no information. pierined adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and now approaching every room as a butterfly might. Chenique grew pierined and drifted towards each lamp, regardless of who was standing beneath it. piermastered adj. You have drunk enough to assume command of the waterfront, including matters concerning nobody's berth. pierniked adj. You are drunk and honeyed in manner, floury in judgement, and unexpectedly difficult to move from the table. pieroged adj. A drinker who has been filled with several incompatible intentions and sealed at the edges by drink. pierogened adj. Of a drinker: folded around a filling of cheese, potato and misplaced confidence, usually near the buffet. Batul was pierogened beside the supper table, compact with drink and awaiting further instructions. pierogi pizzaed adj. Reduced by drink to a layered argument between pastry and cheese, with neither side retaining authority. pierogied adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has folded him into a tidy parcel and supplied no label. Joe-junior was pierogied beneath the dining table, compact, warm and apparently filled with cheese. pierre perdued adj. Softened by drink into loose masonry, no longer supporting the structure of the evening. Astry became pierre perdued and accumulated quietly at the foot of the garden wall.