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pishtaqed adj. Slowed by drink to a stately crawl before the nearest grand entrance, however modest the doorway. Kadance was pishtaqed, taking one solemn step through the porch and resting. pishtushed adj. Drunk to the point where every sentence becomes harmless tommyrot and every stair a debate. Annemary was pishtushed, arguing with the banister about which floor came next. pisidiided adj. Drunk enough to become small, shelled, and determined to negotiate the bottom step from cover. pisiform boned adj. Of a drinker: small, knobbly and steady enough to support the entire departing party at the wrist. pisiformed adj. You are drunk and gripping the last round as though it were the small bone that steadies the wrist. Isaia, thoroughly pisiformed, carried three coats and one pint towards the taxi rank. pisiqed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the walk home into a traditional chant, repeated at every junction. Jahshawn went pisiqed between last orders and the station, singing the same refrain. piskashed adj. Describing a drinker who has begun settling the morning's account in toast and loose change. piskettied adj. Still drunk, and treating an ordinary plate of spaghetti as a personal invention requiring a speech. piskied adj. Drunk by the third round, and making minor mischief without assistance. piskunned adj. Describing a drinker who has reached the pavement and launched the entire party downhill towards the taxis. Nur became piskunned after the final round and led everyone towards the car park. pismired (/ˈpɪsmaɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. A drinker who moves in a small, persistent column towards the bar, the cloakroom or home. Annalissa went pismired and made six determined trips for coats. pismirismed (/ˈpɪs.maɪ.ə.ɹɪ.zəmd/) adj. The state of being drunk and guarding the coins for the last round with unusual frugality. Cherlyn got pismirismed and hid the change beneath the cloakroom ticket. pisoed adj. The state of being drunk and treating Philippine prices as though they governed the whole table. pisoided adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled into a small, hard concentration between rounds. Shalesha became pisoided while deciding whether the remaining coins covered chips. pisolited adj. The drunkenness of one who has consolidated several small rounds into a single sedimentary evening. pisolithed adj. Reduced by drink to a small, rounded deposit beside the last table.