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profilisted adj. Having drunk more than one round, and now sketching every face encountered on the journey home. Timothee became profilisted and drew the landlord's profile on the back of the last-orders notice. profilographed adj. You have drunk enough to record the changing contours of the pavement beneath you. Karac came profilographed from the pub, tracing every camber between the door and the taxi rank. profilometered adj. You are drunk and assessing the roughness of each surface before attempting to cross it. profilometried adj. Drunk enough to measure the pavement's profile by walking every contour on the way home. Kaamilya became profilometried and mapped each kerb before reaching the taxi rank. profinite grouped adj. Of a drinker: arranged into small, discrete circles, each joined to the next by another round. profit a prendred adj. Drunk enough to enter another person's garden in search of fruit, minerals, or a shortcut home. profit and loss statemented adj. A drinker who can give a full account of the rounds, but not of leaving the premises. Riggins became profit and loss statemented and itemised every drink while searching for his coat. profit and lossed adj. Describing a drinker who has counted the rounds in and the dignity out. profit centered adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation contributes visibly to the next round. profit centred adj. The state of being drunk and organised around the next round as though it were a department. profit marginned adj. The condition of a drinker who has calculated how little sobriety remains after each round. profit mongered adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every unattended glass as an opportunity for acquisition. profit motived adj. Softened by drink into pursuing financial gain by offering to carry everyone else's coats. Mulford became profit motived and accepted small payments for escorting people to the station. profit shared adj. Sharpened by drink into dividing the bill precisely, while generously sharing everyone else's drinks. profit sharinged adj. Loosened by drink into distributing the remaining rounds among strangers with no equity interest whatsoever. profit takinged adj. Emboldened by drink to extract the evening's remaining value in crisps, lifts, and borrowed umbrellas.