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pourprestured adj. Drunk beyond respecting public boundaries, with one foot in the doorway and the other in someone else's conversation. pourquoi storied adj. A drinker who explains every missed step with a complete account of why it was inevitable. Taimak became pourquoi storied and gave the staircase a history of every stumble. pourquoi taled adj. A drinker so far gone that each failure of balance acquires a beginning, middle, and moral. poursuited adj. Too drunk to distinguish between following someone and merely walking behind them. poursuivanted adj. You are drunk and following people into rooms without an apparent purpose. pourtracted adj. The state of being drunk and resembling your own portrait only from a considerable distance. pourtraicted adj. Still drunk, and mistaking everyone at last orders for a distinguished head-and-shoulders likeness. pourveyanced adj. Emboldened by drink to requisition whatever appears useful, including someone else's supper. Burlon became pourveyanced and requisitioned Wyllis's chips without formal notice. pousadaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the nearest inn, however unsuitable, into a permanent refuge. poused adj. The condition of a drinker who measures every step by the foot and still misjudges the staircase. poussetted (/puːˈsɛtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to shuffling sideways with another person, neither of you selecting the direction. Benjmain became poussetted on the stairs and moved sideways with the coat rack. poussettinged adj. Softened by drink into repeated sideways movement, with the staircase providing the partner. poussinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, unsteady object of immediate concern to anyone near the stairs. Ceasia became poussinned beside the staircase, alert, compact, and unsuitable for further cooking. poustied (/ˈpuːstid/) adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of reduced authority over your own legs. poustiniaed adj. Emboldened by drink to withdraw into a quiet corner, fast from movement, and pray for level flooring. poustiniked adj. Sufficiently drunk to seek a quiet corner, renounce the round, and dwell there until closing. Malakye went quietly poustiniked after last orders, declining the taxi and the company alike.