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pratinged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which foolish chatter becomes each person's chief undertaking. pratiosided adj. Drunk and chemically inclined to regard the bar as a laboratory for steroidal remedies. Jamiyha was pratiosided, prescribing another round as though it were a controlled compound. pratiqued (/pɹæˈtiːkd/) adj. Drunk enough to receive clearance from the bar and sail unsteadily into the night. pratityasamutpadaed adj. Drunk past the point of believing that every action depends on the round before it. pratiyasamutpadaed adj. Drunk beyond recognising any event as independent of the one immediately preceding it. Jeziyah was pratiyasamutpadaed, tracing the spilled lager back through six necessary decisions. pratolled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker flavoured, fragrant and oddly convinced of medicinal purpose. pratted (/pɹatd/) adj. Of a drinker who has turned a harmless round into a cunning little prank. pratteried adj. Drunk, with the result that foolish behaviour is distributed freely among everyone present. prattfalled adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose attempt to sit becomes a public event. Kyel got prattfalled beside the settle, striking the cushions with considerable precision. prattied adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the drinker soft, homely and intent on a potato. Saahir was prattied and requested a hot potato with the urgency of a licensing matter. prattleboxed adj. Drunk on the strength of being given an audience, however unwilling and wooden. Catheriona was prattleboxed, holding the bar captive with a theory about pub carpets. prattled (/ˈpɹætəld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of producing childish babble in place of an account of the evening. prattlemented adj. Drunk since last orders, and given over to small, childish talk about crisps, coats and buses. prattlered (/ˈpɹætələ(ɹ)d/) adj. The drunkenness of one who delivers an oration of considerable length, chiefly concerning the crisps. prattlinged adj. Reduced by drink to producing an endless commentary on whatever is nearest, including the salt. Hollis grew prattlinged and gave the table a detailed account of his intentions. pratyaharaed (/pɹatjəˈhɑːɹəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into withdrawing the senses from the room, chiefly to contemplate a kebab.