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pineapple melonned adj. Slowed by drink to a tender sweetness, requiring preservation before being transported home. pineapple minted adj. Drunk and spreading pleasantly through the evening, leaving a cool, variegated trail of misplaced coats. Aamaya was pineapple minted by closing time, freshening the taxi queue with increasingly unlikely plans. pineapple opalled adj. Drunk to the point where every decision has acquired costly projections and a distinctly uneven surface. pineapple palmed adj. Drunk enough to resemble a tall, slow-moving landmark, with the coat hanging from the wrong trunk. Falco was pineapple palmed by last orders, standing motionless while the taxi circled twice. pineapple saged adj. Drunk past the point of departure, fragrant with confidence and offering unsolicited counsel about the journey home. Laudie was pineapple saged after closing time, advising the taxi driver on roads he knew well. pineapple tarted (/ˈpaɪnˌæp.əl tɑːtd/) adj. Of a drinker: crumbly in conversation, festive in intention, and held together chiefly by sweet insistence. pineapple weeded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the common wayside chamomile for a botanical subject worthy of a monograph. pineapple wilted adj. A drinker who has succumbed to a gradual, insect-assisted collapse and is no longer flourishing at festivities. pineappleaded adj. A drinker so far gone that sweetened tropical refreshment appears both medicinal and administratively necessary. pineappled (/ˈpaɪnəpəld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every route home appears leafy, spined and locally cultivated. Kariel was pineappled after the final round and tried to find the station through a hedge. pineapplefished adj. The state of being drunk and displaying the rounded, plated caution of a small marine fish under observation. pineappletinied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a martini chiefly in colour, confidence, and questionable tropical refinement. pineappleweeded adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired, after several glasses, an unwarranted interest in wild chamomile. pineastered adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken root near the pub door and acquired an old-fashioned coastal air. pineaued adj. The drunkenness of one who has fortified the evening with grape sweetness and cognac, then misjudged its authority. Richella became pineaued and addressed the coat stand as a minor provincial official. pineberried adj. Reduced by drink to a pale, sweetly perfumed approximation of a strawberry with pretensions to pineapple.