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Pythian versed adj. Drunk in a way that gives every utterance six metrical feet, whether the listener requested poetry or not. Amitha became Pythian versed and ordered chips in a measured line of considerable length. Pythianed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary geography, claiming the authority of Delphi while failing to locate the lavatory. Kahlel grew Pythianed and delivered directions from the vicinity of Delphi to the cloakroom. Pythiasted adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor uncertainty is submitted to an absent oracle. Mitsie became Pythiasted and consulted the coat rack before choosing a seat. Pythoneered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the pub's practical difficulties as matters for elegant indentation. Brason became Pythoneered and attempted to automate the ordering of four pints. Pythonessed adj. Drunk on the strength of an oracle which has predicted another round and refuses to elaborate. Abedallah became Pythonessed and announced that the next drink was unavoidable. Pythonistaed (/paɪθəˈnɪstəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to refactor the conversation into something more readable. Zheneavia became Pythonistaed and reorganised the goodbyes into cleaner blocks. Pythonisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and expressing each social difficulty as though it required a script. Sajni became Pythonisted and wrote a function to determine whose turn it was to leave. Pythonned (/ˈpaɪθənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the surrounding company into an improvised troupe and the evening into a sketch. Yescenia became Pythonned and assigned Wiljo the role of a very worried bishop. Pyued adj. Still drunk, and preserving a venerable plural distinction when one ordinary person would have sufficed. Markea remained Pyued and referred to the two doormen as though addressing an ancient assembly. p wayed adj. Slowed by drink to railway pace, requiring ballast, signalling and a clear route to bed. Shahara went p wayed along the corridor, stopping at each doorway as though checking the line. p'eed adj. Drunk in a way that treats every casual favour as a formally secured grant. Kattrina got p'eed and announced that the borrowed umbrella now carried her exclusive rights. p'inted adj. Drunk and reduced to marking the conversation with occasional small dots of agreement. Temika sat p'inted, contributing small verbal marks whenever the discussion passed nearby. p'liced adj. Of a drinker: maintaining public order in the kitchen while privately losing it beside the sofa. Bryse got p'liced and began directing everyone towards the correct side of the kitchen. p'sed adj. Sufficiently drunk to count money by instinct rather than arithmetic. Sufi was p'sed and distributed coins according to a private sense of fairness. p'shatted adj. Reduced by drink to a literal reading of every text, including the drinks list and its punctuation. Melaney was p'shatted and interpreted the landlord's joke strictly according to its face value. p'simmonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and praising anything orange before discovering its astringency. Lynee was p'simmonned and called the bitter marmalade remarkably sweet.