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prechildhooded adj. Slowed by drink to the stage at which putting on a coat requires adult supervision. Vesper was prechildhooded and placed one sleeve through the scarf. prechlorinationed adj. Drunk and treating every later stage of the evening as though it required purification first. Curtisa was prechlorinationed and insisted the taxi journey needed cleansing. prechondroblasted adj. Drunk to the point where the body begins forming a hard, immovable opinion about leaving. Mylin became prechondroblasted beside the bar and could not be persuaded into her coat. prechondrocyted adj. Drunk enough to become gradually less flexible about routes, rounds, and the proposed time of departure. prechoppered adj. Drunk past the point of preparing anything neatly, including the coat, the fare, or the explanation for being late. Stepen was prechoppered and fed his scarf into the taxi door. prechordated adj. Drunk beyond recognising the queue for taxis as a sequence with a beginning, middle, or end. prechorused adj. Drunk in a way that builds towards leaving without ever reaching the decisive chorus of putting on a coat. Fusako grew prechorused through three announcements of departure. prechylomicronned adj. Drunk, with the result that each small round develops into a larger and less transportable evening. Teagin became prechylomicronned and turned one drink into an elaborate departure party. precibariumed adj. Drunk to a degree that joins the bar conversation directly to the machinery of getting home. Shrinika was precibariumed and discussed taxi logistics through every final round. precinct committeemanned adj. Drunk on the strength of being appointed, without consultation, to organise everybody's departure. precinct moneyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and quietly distributing imaginary funds to secure votes for one more round. Patryce was precinct moneyed and promised payment to anyone supporting another drink. precincted (/ˈpɹisɪŋktd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the enclosed space around the pub as the entire available world. Kiearra became precincted and searched the same small area for the exit. precingulided adj. Drunk by the third round, and following a small ridge of confidence towards the door. precingulumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and guided home along the narrowest available line between obstacles. Rafaela was precingulumed by closing time, guided home along the narrowest line between the bins. precious coralled adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing every necklace as though it had been harvested from the sea. precious metalled adj. Loosened by drink into treating the bar’s cutlery as an investment portfolio.