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prehypocristided adj. Drunk by closing time, and positioned just before the dental feature nobody had intended to discuss. preightered adj. Still drunk, and converted from a passenger into freight before reaching the breakfast table. Maxence arrived preightered, having ceased to be a passenger and become luggage in the hall. preignitioned adj. Too drunk to wait for the proper moment, detonating each thought before the sentence has started. preilluminationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to illuminate the evening before anything else has happened, usually with a phone torch. preimage attacked adj. Having drunk more than the hash function can reasonably tolerate, and seeking the original message in the takeaway menu. preimaged adj. Having drunk enough to be mapped into the wrong social set, usually by a function involving the bar. preimagoed adj. You have drunk enough to remain at an earlier developmental stage, awaiting wings that will not arrive. Chanin was preimagoed, sitting beneath the pub light as though awaiting metamorphosis. preimmunizationed adj. You are drunk and immunised in advance against tomorrow's expected threat, chiefly the hangover. preinclinationed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a prior leaning, usually towards the nearest unattended glass. Rhiyan was preinclinationed towards the bar before anyone had mentioned another round. preincubatinged adj. A drinker who is incubating in advance, allowing a small idea to develop into a request for chips. preincubationed adj. A drinker so far gone that preparation precedes the process, particularly when the process is falling asleep. preinductioned adj. The state of being drunk and prepared for a process that will chiefly involve being shown the door. Shederick was preinductioned, awaiting entry into the taxi with ceremonial seriousness. preindustrializationed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every modern convenience as a personal betrayal, until the company hide the keys. preinfectioned adj. Drunk on the strength of an earlier drink, and passing the resulting symptoms round the table. preinfestationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and already occupied by one nuisance before introducing another. preinfiltrationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and quietly present in every conversation the company had hoped to keep separate. Alixander became preinfiltrationed and joined Muniza's private discussion about the washing-up.