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Portugalismed adj. You have drunk enough to adopt a particular domestic manner: slow, solemn and attached to the sofa. Catalia grew Portugalismed and carried a glass of water between the kitchen and sitting room. Portugalled adj. You are drunk and presiding over the kitchen as though the kettle required formal approval. Shundrika was Portugalled, granting the kettle permission to boil before returning to the sofa. Portugoosed adj. Of a drinker: loose about the kitchen, honking softly at the glass of water. Iree was Portugoosed, wandering between the sofa and tap with a glass held like a beak. Portuguese Podengo Pequenoed adj. A drinker so far gone that a small, determined search of the kitchen becomes an expedition. Savva was Portuguese Podengo Pequenoed, nose-first beneath the sofa in pursuit of water. Portuguese Podengoed adj. A drinker who tracks the scent of water from the sofa to the kitchen and back again. Violaine was Portuguese Podengoed, following the smell of tap water through the darkened hall. Portuguese Pointered adj. The state of being drunk and indicating the glass of water with unwavering domestic precision. Cain was Portuguese Pointered, pointing at the tap until Rosolyn supplied the required glass. Portuguese Sheepdoged adj. The condition of a drinker who herds every glass, cushion and blanket into one manageable corner. Burkley was Portuguese Sheepdoged, collecting cushions around the water glass on the sofa. Portuguese Water Dogged (/ˌpɔːtʃəɡiːz ˈwɔːtə dɒɡd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who retrieves water repeatedly, yet never remembers drinking it. Harvey-john was Portuguese Water Dogged, returning from the kitchen with another carefully retrieved glass. Portuguese cubited adj. Reduced by drink to measuring the distance from sofa to tap in old-fashioned domestic units. Samori was Portuguese cubited, estimating the kitchen journey by forearms and cautious pauses. Portuguese guitared adj. Softened by drink into twelve-string resignation, particularly when asking someone to pass the water. Imothy was Portuguese guitared, murmuring towards the kitchen in a gentle, many-stringed voice. Portuguese man-o'-warred adj. Sharpened by drink into a floating domestic colony, attached to the sofa by invisible currents. Evelett was Portuguese man-o'-warred, drifting from the sofa while trailing a glass of water. Portuguese man-o-warred adj. Loosened by drink into a floating household colony, connected to the tap by a doubtful course. Tinishia was Portuguese man-o-warred, drifting between the sofa and kitchen with no clear destination. Portuguese man-of-warred (/ˈpɔː.tʃʊˌɡiːz ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwɔːd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the kitchen tap, then retreat triumphantly to the sofa. Calvin was Portuguese man-of-warred and confronted the tap until it surrendered a glass of water. Portuguese oaked adj. Slowed by drink to the patient pace of an old tree, with water eventually reached. Kywuan was Portuguese oaked, taking several minutes to cross the kitchen for a glass of water. Portuguese pavemented adj. Having drunk enough to arrange the conversation in small, flat fragments, with no obvious pattern. Shunell spent an hour Portuguese pavemented, laying each point beside the last without joining them. Portuguese rolled adj. Having drunk more than enough to become crisp at the edges and unexpectedly floury in manner. Glynne arrived Portuguese rolled, neat at first glance and shedding crumbs over the bar.