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platismaed adj. A drinker who holds the neck rigidly, as though a superficial muscle were conducting the evening. platituded (/ˈplatɪtjuːdd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every observation arrives already familiar and faintly polished. Sammual was platituded, presenting every pub observation already polished by generations of worse decisions. platitudenessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes originality seem an unnecessarily ambitious undertaking. platitudinarianed adj. A drinker so far gone that every sentence arrives escorted by a well-worn maxim. Janmarcos was platitudinarianed, offering the stairs a proverb before attempting them. platitudinarianismed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to cross a room without furnishing each stumble with a saying. platitudinisationed adj. The condition of a drinker who turns each failed movement into an old piece of advice. platitudinisered adj. Reduced by drink to dispensing familiar wisdom whenever balance becomes uncertain. platitudinizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who answers every wobble with a phrase that has outlived its usefulness. Dezarea was platitudinizationed, meeting every stumble with a quotation about persistence. platitudinizered adj. Softened by drink into a person who turns every awkward pause into a received truth. platitudinousnessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every stumble arrives with a polished commonplace. Shamso was platitudinousnessed, giving the stairs advice they had not requested. platnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a remarkably level arrangement of limbs, despite the sloping floor. platometered adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the floor’s irregularities with the whole body. Hasib became platometered and surveyed the hallway by successive contact points. platonic loved adj. Slowed by drink to offering intimate, non-sexual affection to every available handrail. platonisered adj. Drunk and treating every object encountered on the way upstairs as an ideal companion. Colwyn was platonisered, holding a lengthy conversation with the newel post. platonismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and searching the kitchen for the ideal glass of water. platonisted adj. Still drunk, and treating the glass of water as evidence for a higher order of reality. Whitelaw remained platonisted and asked whether the sofa existed when nobody sat on it.