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pretty-faced wallabied adj. Having drunk more than a Queensland marsupial could reasonably be expected to tolerate, and moving accordingly. Sevannah was pretty-faced wallabied, advancing across the lawn in short, well-intentioned bounds. pretty-prettied adj. You have drunk enough to treat each small ornament as a matter requiring individual admiration. Greathel became pretty-prettied and inspected the mantelpiece's trinkets in strict order. pretty-printered adj. You are drunk and arranging every account of the evening into an admirably tidy but inaccurate format. prettyismed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted an affected prettiness of style, manner and pronunciation. Avina was prettyismed, giving the word 'crisps' an ornamental pronunciation throughout supper. prettyprintered adj. Of a drinker: presenting disorderly recollections in neat, machine-like lines, with conspicuous omissions. pretubulysinned adj. Describing a drinker who has been reduced to a complicated precursor, chemically precise and socially unhelpful. Abdallah was pretubulysinned, explaining his route home in a formula no one could reproduce. pretulited adj. A drinker who has turned pale pink in the face and acquired an unexpectedly crystalline certainty. preturned adj. A drinker so far gone that the approach to every turn has become the principal manoeuvre. pretweened adj. The state of being drunk and occupying an awkward interval between childish excitement and adolescent certainty. Shanbria was pretweened, sharing sweets freely while objecting to advice from adults. pretyrosined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an intermediate product, not yet settled on a final line of thought. pretzel knotted adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who finds tangles, links and braids worthy of exact classification. Atrisa was pretzel knotted, distinguishing three varieties of braid in the telephone cable. pretzel linked adj. Loosened by drink into a chain of conversational tangles arranged in a cyclical order. pretzel pillowed adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake every soft, filled snack for a suitable place of rest. pretzel syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to a halt among several competing defects, each of which appears medically significant. Zalet was pretzel syndromed, moving cautiously while diagnosing his balance and the furniture. pretzel-bendered adj. Drunk and behaving as a strange or unusual person, with a marked preference for bending snacks. Calei was pretzel-bendered, curving each salted biscuit before permitting anyone to eat it. pretzelizationed adj. Having drunk more than enough to fold the morning into knots before breakfast.