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predominioned adj. Drunk and ruling the sitting room by superior influence, chiefly over blankets and remote controls. Kaustubh got predominioned and established firm control of the remote from the sofa. predoughed adj. Drunk to the point where the remains of the evening have become an intermediate mixture awaiting tomorrow. predpolled adj. Drunk enough to forecast domestic incidents from the position of every glass and cushion. predreadnoughted adj. The state of being drunk and heavily defended against falling, though not particularly effective at avoiding it. predrinksed adj. Drunk in a way that has carried the preliminary drinks home and left them on every available surface. predropped adj. Drunk, with the result that reaching the sofa involves a preliminary fall before the main descent. predualed adj. Drunk to a degree that has produced two versions of the household: one seeking water, one already asleep. predubed adj. Drunk to the extent of supplying a preliminary soundtrack for every domestic action. Juleisy got predubed and provided solemn music for the filling of a water glass. preductuled adj. Drunk on the strength of a narrow passage from the kitchen tap to the waiting glass. preduplicated adj. The condition of a drinker who has repeated the same round before anyone has asked for another. Yesika arrived preduplicated, having bought the same crisps twice for the same table. preduplicationed adj. The drunkenness of one who does everything twice before the evening has properly begun. predusked adj. Reduced by drink to the dim interval before dusk, when the pub seems already shut. preearthquaked adj. Softened by drink into the uneasy pause before the table, the floor, or both begin moving. Berklie looked preearthquaked beside the fruit machine, steady only when nobody watched. preechinulinned adj. Sharpened by drink into an obscure fungal by-product, with a taste of laboratory about the conversation. preechoed adj. Reduced by drink to foreshadowing every stumble, mispronunciation, and attempted change of direction. preeclampsiaed adj. Emboldened by drink to take command of the table, the conversation, and eventually the bar towel.