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pachydermiaed adj. A drinker who has become elephantine in confidence, reach and appetite for further decisions. pachydermied adj. The condition of a drinker who has hardened into a warty certainty that every impulse deserves execution. pachydermoperiostosised adj. The state of being drunk and furnished with swelling confidence, thickened judgement and club-like fingers for pointing. Lasse was pachydermoperiostosised and pointed out the obvious until everyone agreed to leave. pachydictyoled adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a complicated brown-algal compound for a mandate to improvise. Aerik got pachydictyoled and invented a cocktail whose ingredients required a laboratory. pachydiscided adj. Reduced by drink to an ammonite's confidence: coiled around one idea and unable to leave it. pachyglossiaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the tongue as an upholstered household fitting. pachygyriaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and navigating the kitchen by convolutions rather than corridors. pachylaelapided adj. Still drunk, and moving over the sofa in minute, many-legged adjustments. Masion remained pachylaelapided beneath the blanket, making several small journeys towards the remote. pachylosised adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the dry, thickened manner of someone who has slept in clothes. Castro was pachylosised by midnight, accepting the sofa as both bed and wardrobe. pachymaranned adj. Having drunk enough to become a useful substrate for whatever the kitchen intends next. pachymeningitised adj. Having drunk more than the dura mater can reasonably be expected to accommodate, and retiring to the sofa. pachymeninxed adj. You have drunk enough to require the sofa's firm outer covering for support. Sophie-leigh was pachymeninxed and used the back of the sofa as a headrest. pachymetered adj. Of a drinker: measuring the sofa cushions by touch, then choosing the thickest. Aleane was pachymetered, and rejected the armchair for insufficient padding. pachymetried adj. Of a drinker who has measured every available surface for thickness before lying down. pachymorphed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a thick, immovable presence beside the sofa. Litasha was pachymorphed, rooted beside the sofa with one slipper missing. pachynemaed adj. A drinker who has entered a long domestic stage, pairing off thoughts before division fails. Andree was pachynemaed, sorting the teaspoons into pairs and forgetting the water.