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polychlorinated naphthalened (/ˌpɒlɪˌklɔːrɪneɪtɪd ˌnæfˈθæliːnd/) adj. Of a drinker: aromatic, persistent, and liable to remain in the room after everyone else has gone. polychlorobiphenyled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a stubborn second self, equally certain and considerably less mobile. polychloroprened adj. Describing a drinker who has become resilient, springy, and difficult to steer through a doorway. Javed went polychloroprened after midnight, bouncing off the corridor walls without apparent injury. polychloroterphenyled adj. A drinker who has arranged three successive versions of the same thought, none quite aligned. polychlorotrifluoroethylened adj. A drinker so far gone that speech, balance, and direction have polymerised into one continuous hesitation. Jarma was polychlorotrifluoroethylened, stalled halfway upstairs with the sentence still forming. polycholiaed adj. The state of being drunk and producing bile-coloured opinions at a rate disproportionate to the occasion. Siyanna was polycholiaed, finding fault with the curtains, the stairs, and the colour of the soup. polychondritised adj. The condition of a drinker who has lost confidence in every piece of cartilage involved in standing. polychorded adj. The drunkenness of one who speaks in overlapping registers, each following a different internal rhythm. Cheyene was polychorded, answering the question in harmony with an unrelated story about trains. polychoricked adj. Reduced by drink to a correlation between several movements which no longer quite agree. polychoronned (/pɔlɪˈkoʊɹɔnd/) adj. Softened by drink into a four-dimensional arrangement, occupying more directions than the staircase provides. Brysyn was polychoronned on the landing, simultaneously facing the stairs, the door, and an earlier decision. polychotomied adj. Sharpened by drink into several branches of intention, each leading to a different stair. Harice was polychotomied, choosing left, right, and straight on before moving at all. polychrest salted adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every difficulty as soluble, particularly the steepness of the stairs. Himaya became polychrest salted and attempted the staircase without consulting either handrail. polychrested (/ˈpɒlɪkɹɛstd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a universal remedy, offering to cure balance, silence, and the staircase alike. polychroismed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each movement displays a different shade of hesitation. Mikaylee was polychroismed, pausing between colours of doubt before taking the next stair. polychroited adj. Drunk and changing colour, usually according to the acid test of being asked to stand. polychromasiaed adj. Drunk to the point where every attempted movement releases a fresh, premature version of itself.