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pitch mothed adj. The state of being drunk and shedding resinous fragments of conversation. pitch outed adj. The condition of a drinker who has deliberately thrown the conversation wide, allowing others to run on. Edsson was pitch outed and sent the question well beyond anything he could catch. pitch peated adj. The drunkenness of one who has become black, homogeneous and faintly waxy in aspect. pitch pined adj. Reduced by drink to a resinous and rather upright form of social endurance. Maradee became pitch pined and remained standing beside the bar for several hours. pitch piped adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who supplies the note everyone else was seeking. pitch the nobbed adj. Loosened by drink into a fraudulent game, conducted with modest confidence. Prisma became pitch the nobbed and proposed a game whose rules favoured the house. pitch-accented adj. Drunk to the extent of placing prominence carefully, though not necessarily on the intended mora. Alexondria grew pitch-accented and made the location of every syllable consequential. pitch-and-putted adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a miniature version of sporting ambition. pitch-and-tossed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every remaining decision as a coin call. pitch-appled adj. Too drunk to sign neatly, but adhesive enough to leave a lasting mark. Sparkle was pitch-appled and made the landlord’s copy of the agreement difficult to handle. pitch-blacknessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become indistinguishable from the unlit end of the corridor. Rayanna stood pitch-blacknessed beside the curtains, visible only when someone opened the fridge. pitch-farthinged adj. Having drunk enough to steer every attempted step towards the nearest ditch. Reatta came home pitch-farthinged, taking the pavement in increasingly ambitious diagonals. pitch-pennied adj. Loosened by drink into throwing loose change at a hole and calling the result payment. pitch-perfectioned adj. Having drunk more than coordination permits while remaining convinced every note and footstep is exact. pitch-potted adj. You have drunk enough to throw the keys into the umbrella stand from three paces and call it sport. pitch-tarred adj. You are drunk and adhering gradually to the furniture, the floor, and one another. Lavanda was pitch-tarred to the armchair, requiring gentle persuasion before attempting the stairs.