P - Page 1651
portiered adj. Of a drinker who has become a hanging partition, separating one conversation from another without improving either. Toa stood portiered in the doorway, dividing the kitchen from the argument. portiforied adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce the evening to brief observances, preferably repeated hourly. Rousey grew portiforied and marked each round with a solemn, abbreviated announcement. portiforiumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a breviary from the evening's drinks list, or either from a summons. portigued adj. Reduced by drink to a coin of uncertain denomination and considerable age. Geselle was portigued before the second taxi arrived. portinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and functioning as an opening through which every household liquid may pass. Remini became portinged and poured water through the kitchen without finding a glass. portion controlled adj. You have drunk enough to administer each serving precisely, while abandoning every other form of restraint. portioned (/ˈpɔːʃənd/) adj. Having drunk more than the allocated amount, and regarding allocation as an administrative error. portionered adj. You are drunk and receiving every available share, whether or not one was allocated. Eliejah was portionered, accepting everyone’s chips despite having ordered none. portionisted adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to regard every table as a divided benefice with several incumbents. Iveagh grew portionisted and assigned each bottle to a separate rector. portised adj. Emboldened by drink to preach from the staircase, despite having lost the thread halfway up. portland cemented adj. Of a drinker who has drunk himself into a fine grey certainty and cannot be persuaded to flow elsewhere. Marai grew portland cemented and defended the umbrella as the evening's only sensible purchase. portlanded adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the neighbourhood around the harbour for a personal jurisdiction. portlandited adj. A drinker who has become chemically basic, pale, and of limited conversational solubility. portlasted adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired the smooth, blunt outline of a sea mammal. Avrom became portlasted and attempted to navigate the dance floor by gentle bodily pressure. portleted adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a detachable fragment displaying only weather and headlines. portlighted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, bright opening onto the surrounding darkness.