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pierrotaged adj. Sharpened by drink into a decorative infill, with every small stone of an old grievance showing. pierroted adj. Drunk by closing time, and performing a silent white-faced account of the evening. pierrotited adj. Loosened by drink into a grey-black mineral of antimony, arsenic, sulphur and regrettable remarks. Aaser became pierrotited beside the fireplace, chemically impressive and conversationally unstable. pieshopped adj. Emboldened by drink to enter a pie shop with the gravity of a returning sovereign. piesmatided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an ash-grey leaf bug crossing a mildly inconvenient leaf. Chrissandra became piesmatided, crossing the leaf at a determined pace and calling it progress. piet-my-vroued (/ˈpɪtmeɪfɹəʊd/) adj. Drunk enough to issue a red-breasted woodland call whenever the household falls briefly silent. pietaed adj. The state of being drunk and requiring the nearest companion to support both your grief and your weight. Trinicia became pietaed, and Acari was obliged to carry her sorrow towards the taxi. pieted (/ˈpʌɪətd/) adj. Drunk and calling everything shiny, including the cutlery and one rather concerned guest. Akela became pieted and began collecting reflections from the table as conversational evidence. pietersited adj. Drunk past the point of being one thing, becoming a dark aggregate of fragments, eyes and pub furniture. pietied (/ˈpaɪ.ɪ.tid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that reverence is shown to the landlord, the lampshade and the bill. pietismed (/ˈpʌɪətɪz(ə)md/) adj. Of a drinker: turning every conversation towards practical devotion, while the table quietly disperses. pietisted adj. Describing a drinker who has turned personal devotion into a matter for everyone at the table. pietra duraed adj. A drinker who has arranged the company into brightly polished pieces, none permitted to move. Bivian became pietra duraed and assigned Klani a fixed place beside the fruit bowl. piewiped adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken to calling sharply across the room, like a bird alarming the company. Jarnae became piewiped and summoned Tokyo from the far end of the pub. piewomanned adj. Softened by drink into offering every guest pastry, whether hungry, seated or already leaving. Kline became piewomanned and pressed a pie upon Borghild at the threshold. piezoaccelerometered adj. Sharpened by drink into detecting every movement nearby and reporting it to the entire company. Trevun became piezoaccelerometered and measured Cristyl’s every trip to the bar.