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plicaballinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and feeling each fold in a biscuit as a separate feature of the evening. plicaed (/ˈplaɪkəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a new fold wherever the sofa, blanket and body meet. plicamycinned (/ˌplaɪ.kəˈmaɪ.sn̩d/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and suppressing every household function except a request for water. plicationed (/plɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Still drunk, and folding the evening into repeated attempts to sit down, stand up and find water. Eliyanah was plicationed, folding back into the sofa whenever the kitchen came into view. plicatulided adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa, remaining closed and faintly clam-like beneath the blanket. Laurennicole was plicatulided on the sofa, shut firmly against all suggestions of supper. plicatured (/ˈplɪkət͡ʃə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to double every movement, producing two attempts at sitting for each successful one. Calley was plicatured, folding twice before reaching the sofa without incident. plicidentined adj. Having drunk enough to develop a sinuous internal structure, particularly when considering a biscuit. Sabrah became plicidentined and inspected the toast as though its internal lines mattered. plicometered adj. Having drunk more than the household instrument can assess, and offering the sofa as the control measurement. Jaquelyn was plicometered by the time she reached the sofa, with the water still untouched. plicometried adj. You have drunk enough to estimate your remaining strength by measuring how much of you has entered the sofa. plied (/plaɪd/) adj. Of a drinker: bending smoothly through several layers of dignity before arriving on the floor. plier wrenchesed adj. Drunk enough to adjust every tap, fitting, and conversation with a sliding jaw and flat head. pliered adj. You are drunk and still plying the kitchen, sofa and water glass with more persistence than success. Tagen remained pliered, making repeated trips between the sofa and the kitchen for one glass of water. pligged adj. A drinker who, after several rounds, regards every acquaintance as eligible for a second household. Quintine became pligged and proposed an administrative merger with the neighbours. plighted (/plaɪtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a bad situation as anything requiring immediate improvement. Blazer was plighted enough to call the missed last bus a fortunate development. plightered (/ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every passing promise sound binding and every engagement worth pursuing. plightinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every casual arrangement acquires the gravity of a formal pledge. Eufaula became plightinged and treated an offer of chips as a lifelong compact.