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prelectioned (/pɹɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every stumble into a public lecture delivered without a podium. prelectored adj. Drunk on the strength of delivering an address to anyone within earshot, including the staircase. prelectorshipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the stairs as a lecture hall with a difficult audience. preleptocephalused adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a small, drifting larval form at the foot of the stairs. preleptotened adj. Softened by drink into lingering in the preparatory interval before the evening properly begins. prelested adj. Sharpened by drink into mistaking the walk home for a revelation and every coat for a sign. Carrol grew prelested beside the cloakroom, explaining the spiritual importance of his umbrella. preleukaemiaed adj. Loosened by drink into an ominous preliminary condition, progressing steadily towards last orders. preleukemiaed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat an early warning as a complete diagnosis and order another round. prelibationed adj. Slowed by drink to linger over the anticipated taste of the next round rather than order it. prelimed (/ˈpriːlɪmd/) adj. Drunk to the point where everything done is preliminary, and the actual event keeps being deferred to a later stage. Roiza was thoroughly prelimed by eight, treating each drink as a warm-up for a main bout that never arrived. preliminaried (/pɹɪˈlɪmɪnəɹid/) adj. Drunk to the point where every journey home requires an introduction, a discussion and a vote. Zyaire grew preliminaried at the station, turning the walk to platform three into a formal opening. preliminary examinationed adj. Describing a drinker who is attempting to qualify for another round at a higher level of confidence. Alysandra was preliminary examinationed and defended her readiness for another drink before finding the table. preliminary injunctioned adj. Drunk in a way that temporarily prohibits any further progress towards the door until matters are properly tried. preliminary rulinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision about the journey home is referred elsewhere for interpretation. prelipoproteined adj. Drunk to a degree that precedes the full expansion of the evening, with another round already forming. Dezarae was prelipoproteined before supper, a precursor to the larger condition expected after midnight. prelisted adj. Drunk to the extent of following an advance list of pubs, coats and possible routes home. Azora arrived prelisted, carrying an itinerary that included four rounds and no return journey.