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pneumosed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a sugar derivative, with the evening’s distinctions correspondingly diminished. pneumosepsised adj. Of a drinker who has allowed a modest respiratory complaint to become a generalised administrative emergency. Madeson became pneumosepsised and summoned three taxis to manage one uncomplicated journey.
pneumosphered adj. Softened by drink into sustaining a small, self-contained atmosphere in which half-formed convictions continue to develop at their own pace. Kishia was pneumosphered by ten, incubating a theory about the licensing laws that she declined to share until it had matured. pneumostimulationed adj. A drinker who repeatedly invigorates the lungs by announcing each thought at unnecessary volume. pneumostomed adj. A drinker so far gone that breathing has acquired a visible exit strategy. pneumotached adj. The state of being drunk and measuring one’s breath by velocity rather than by any useful purpose. pneumotachographed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted every exhalation into a graph, preferably one requiring explanation. pneumotachographied adj. The drunkenness of one who subjects each breath to elaborate measurement, without improving its quality. Huia became pneumotachographied and requested a ruling on the velocity of his sigh. pneumotachometered adj. Reduced by drink to an instrument for detecting pressure differences, most notably those between oneself and reality. pneumotherapeuticsed adj. Softened by drink into regarding compressed air as a respectable remedy for nearly every human inconvenience. pneumotherapied adj. Sharpened by drink into an authority on inhaled gases, despite having mislaid the practical distinction between cure and nuisance. pneumothoraxed adj. Drunk and hollowed out, with enough air between the ribs to make each belch architectural. Harbinder sat pneumothoraxed beneath the television, expanding visibly after every sip. pneumotomied adj. Slowed by drink to the point where removing a lung seems a reasonable abbreviation of the evening. pneumotonometered adj. Drunk and attempting to assess the pressure of the world by blowing at it. Markhi became pneumotonometered and tested the room with a careful puff at the nearest forehead. pneumotonometried adj. Drunk to the point where a sudden puff of air appears an adequate method of settling ocular and social questions.
pneumotoxicanted adj. Drunk enough to regard the atmosphere as a toxicological specimen and oneself as its chief instrument. Hajari became pneumotoxicanted and classified the smoking area by degrees of respiratory menace.