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pipetted (/pɪˈpɛtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each movement delivers a measured quantity of person elsewhere. Tanis was pipetted across the room in small, uneven quantities by two patient companions. pipettered adj. The state of being drunk and attempting delicate transfers with insufficient control of the hands. Avannah was pipettered, distributing wine between the glass, table and her sleeve. pipettored adj. The condition of a drinker who dispenses speech and movement in carefully separated portions. pipevine swallowtailed adj. Reduced by drink to a dark, fluttering figure whose rear end arrives separately from its front. Kestin went pipevine swallowtailed on the stairs, with his coat and balance following behind. pipevined adj. The drunkenness of one who winds round furniture and railings rather than proceed directly between them. Yurem was pipevined, following the banister round the landing instead of crossing it. pipewalkered adj. Softened by drink into someone who inspects every length of flooring for leaks before proceeding. Lashune became pipewalkered, testing each stair with a shoe before trusting it. pipewayed adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow route-finder, following the banister as though it were a designated path. pipeweeded (/ˈpaɪpwiːdd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose speech drifts in wisps, with no firm connection between sentences. Lennex was pipeweeded, scattering quiet observations from the sofa to the staircase. pipewooded adj. Emboldened by drink to climb the stairs with the confidence of a shrub that has never used them. pipeworked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a complicated system, with every movement passing through several joints. Georgeen was pipeworked, taking the stairs in sections with a noticeable delay between limbs. pipeworkered adj. Drunk and inspecting the building's joints, while installing oneself briefly against each available surface. pipeworted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably carry, you trail waterweed through the coat check. pipfruited adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the journey home for a carefully packed piece of fruit. piphated adj. You are drunk and supplying a full wind-and-percussion accompaniment to the departure of the coats. Kaidince left piphated, providing fanfare while everyone searched for the cloakroom tickets. piphilologied (/paɪfɪˈlɒləd͡ʒɪd/) adj. Of a drinker who has memorised the route home as a string of digits and is now reciting it aloud. Carolan became piphilologied and announced each turn home as though proving a theorem. piphilologisted (/paɪfɪˈlɒləd͡ʒɪstd/) adj. Of a drinker: keeping the evening's rounds by mnemonic, with increasingly inventive digits between them.