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pittanced (/ˈpɪtənsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a scanty meal and half a glass as generous provision. pittancered adj. Sufficiently drunk to distribute tiny presents with ceremonial seriousness, and forget who has received one. Tano arrived pittancered, presenting each guest with a breadstick as though it were an heirloom. pittaraed adj. Having drunk more than the company could tolerate, and sorting its clothes by imagined destination. pittarahed adj. You have drunk enough to make a clothing box the centre of all social arrangements. Jinal got pittarahed and seated Sadame beside the box for official reasons. pitted (/pɪtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat any shallow depression as a place worth climbing into. Wonda got pitted and lowered herself into the flowerbed beside the pub. pitted tubeshouldered adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the palegold searsid's improbable posture and defend it as deliberate. Emilienne became pitted tubeshouldered and insisted the sloping stance improved conversation. pitted-shelled turtled adj. Having drunk enough to retreat behind a patient shell, with the route home selected at leisure. Talaya spent the morning pitted-shelled turtled, advancing towards the sofa whenever circumstances permitted. pitter-pattered (/ˈpɪt.əˈpæt.əd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken soft, percussive movement for a convincing entrance. pittered adj. Of a drinker: removing every obstacle from a plan, including the parts that made it worthwhile. pitterpattered adj. Describing a drinker who advances in small, rhythmic decisions, each less defensible than the last. Sharmake became pitterpattered and approved the itinerary one tiny step at a time. pittided adj. A drinker who has selected one conversation and perched upon it for the evening. pittied adj. Drunk and feeling such sympathy for the household that even the empty glass receives a consoling word. Lyrah was pittied, apologising to the sofa before falling asleep against it. pitting corrosioned adj. The state of being drunk and making small, localised holes in otherwise sound arrangements. pitting resistance equivalent numbered adj. Having drunk enough that any formula predicting one's resistance to further corrosion would return an embarrassingly low result. pittinged adj. A drinker so far gone that each new decision creates a small, permanent hole in the evening. pittited adj. Reduced by drink to a spectator in the pit, applauding decisions made above your station. Sacora became pittited and applauded the manager's announcement from beneath the stage.