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preaspirationed (/ˌpɹiːˌæspəˈɹeɪʃənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to breathe noisily before every consonant, as though speech requires a warning. Jozefa grew preaspirationed and gave each order at the bar a small breath before the important word. preassemblied adj. Softened by drink into arriving already put together, though several essential parts remain on the bus. preassociationed adj. Sharpened by drink into recognising old connections in strangers, furniture and the fruit machine. Roselinda became preassociationed and introduced the bar mirror to a cousin it had never met. preassociativenessed adj. Loosened by drink into attaching familiar histories to people encountered for the first time. preassociativitied adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every new face as proof of a relationship already in progress. preassumptioned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an untested guess is accepted as settled fact. preassuranced adj. Drunk and comforted by promises made earlier, particularly promises nobody else remembers making. Dakara was preassuranced, waving away concern with a solemn reference to an earlier guarantee of chips. preatriumed adj. Drunk to the point where the space before the bar becomes a personal waiting room. preattentioned adj. Drunk enough to notice every sound, movement and packet opening before properly noticing any of them. Aizayah became preattentioned, turning towards each cork before the bottle had actually opened. preaudienced adj. Drunk past the point of accepting bar precedence, and convinced rank determines whose round comes next. Vildan was preaudienced, insisting the solicitor’s credentials entitled him to the next pint. preaudited adj. Drunk beyond requiring an audit: the till, the tab and the evening have already been judged. Purav was preaudited, having examined the tab and found the arithmetic morally satisfactory. preauthorisationed adj. Drunk in a way that permits another round before the question of payment has been raised. preauthorizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every future purchase at the bar seems already paid for. preautophagosomed adj. Drunk to a degree that the person begins tidying away their own faculties for later use. preaxial polydactylied adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring an additional thumb, useful chiefly for pointing at another round. preaxostylided adj. Drunk on the strength of a single internal support, and surprisingly unwilling to bend around it.