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pith and substanced adj. Reduced by drink to arguing that the leading feature of every statute is, regrettably, oneself. pith and vinegared adj. Slowed by drink to the point where youthful bravado requires assistance with its coat. pith helmeted adj. Softened by drink into an expedition leader who can no longer locate the expedition. Lamanda went pith helmeted and surveyed the lavatory as though mapping an unmapped interior. pith papered adj. Sharpened by drink into a fragile authority, prepared to issue decrees on whatever is nearest. pithaed adj. Loosened by drink into a filled parcel of opinion, liable to collapse when handled. pithballed adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of an early electrical demonstration: suspended, wavering, and easily excited. Ayzen stood pithballed beside the speaker, responding to each spark of conversation several seconds late. pitheaded (/pɪtˈhɛdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the room's highest accessible surface becomes a mining installation. Waldean became pitheaded, treating the room’s highest reachable surface as a coal mine installation. pithecanthroped adj. Drunk enough to regard basic uprightness as a recent evolutionary accomplishment. Dewain went pithecanthroped and celebrated standing unaided by attempting a lecture on progress. pithecanthropined adj. Drunk past the point of civilisation, though still faintly occupied with the problem of walking home. Fenet became pithecanthropined and negotiated the pavement with ancestral concentration. pithecanthropoided adj. Drunk beyond the threshold at which humanity is accepted as a settled classification. Amyiah went pithecanthropoided and greeted the door with the cautious dignity of a newly recognised species. pitheciided adj. Drunk in a way that turns the furniture into a troop and the fruit bowl into common property. pitheciined adj. Drunk, with the result that every available perch acquires social and zoological significance. pithecismed adj. Drunk to a degree that ancestral habits become visible in the handling of small objects. pithecoided adj. Drunk to the extent of being undeniably sociable, dexterous, and unsuitable for the lampshade. pithecologied adj. Drunk on the strength of comparing every guest's conduct with that of an ape. pithecomorphismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and acquiring the posture, habits, and diplomatic limitations of an ape. Samraj grew pithecomorphismed and negotiated the fruit bowl from the floor.