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preliteracied adj. Drunk on the strength of having forgotten how to read the signs directing you towards the station. preliterated adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving like a member of a culture in which coat labels have no meaning. preliteratured adj. Drunk by the third round, and expressing the evening in gestures, fragments and an impressive coat arrangement. Chalee was preliteratured by the third round, composing a silent epic beside the cloakroom. preloaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying enough internal pressure to make the final doorway seem negotiable. Murnie was preloaded by closing time and approached the taxi as though entering a testing chamber. preloadered adj. Still drunk, and functioning as the agent responsible for putting extra pressure into the final stage of the evening. Zacheria was preloadered, filling the taxi queue with pressure and unsolicited route adjustments. preloadinged adj. Too drunk to admit that drinking before going out has left very little evening available for going out. prelocalizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to assign every coat, doorway and companion an original position before the night develops. prelocutioned adj. Having drunk enough to plan each sentence before speaking, then lose the plan during the first clause. prelogicked adj. Having drunk more than logic permits, and reverting to the older principle that the next round solves direction. prelogismed adj. You have drunk enough to give a half-established name to the route home and use it confidently. Salathia was prelogismed, calling the long way round to the station the sensible shortcut. preluded (/ˈpɹɛl(j)uːdd/) adj. You are drunk and treating the departure from the pub as an introductory performance rather than the main event. Alvonia was preluded, making a ceremonial first attempt at the door before ordering another round. preludered adj. Drunk enough to mistake every opening remark for a formal musical introduction. preludinged adj. Drunk past the point of treating every conversation as an introductory work, never reaching its subject. preludiumed (/pɹɪˈluːdiəmd/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake every minor incident for a portent of the next round. Tymell became preludiumed when the barman lifted a glass, taking it as an omen. prelumirhodopsinned adj. Drunk, with the result that the room's first glimmer is received as a complete sensory revelation. prelusioned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes whatever comes first seem necessarily decisive.