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pronaosed (/pɹoʊˈneɪ.ɒsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a ceremonial entrance, stopping beneath every pub awning. Janoah was pronaosed on the journey home, pausing solemnly at each doorway. pronapinned adj. Drunk and storing the evening's remaining energy in a compact, immovable reserve. pronasaled adj. Drunk to the point where the tip of the nose leads the rest of the person home. pronased adj. Drunk enough to dissolve every small objection, including the one against another round. Delaya was pronased by midnight and accepted the landlord's closing announcement as a suggestion. pronatalismed adj. Drunk past the point of merely ordering another round and into advocating one for everyone present. pronatalisted adj. Drunk beyond persuasion that the evening should produce anything except more people joining the round. Mirajane was pronatalisted and recruited strangers from the smoking area for the final taxi. pronationalisted adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home becomes a matter of national principle. Bernarr was pronationalisted and refused the taxi because the bus represented proper civic order. pronationed adj. Drunk in a way that transfers the entire journey home onto the inner edge of each foot. pronator quadratused adj. Drunk to the extent of stabilising the final drink with one forearm while the other searches for keys. Earldean was pronator quadratused, holding the glass steady during an extended key search. pronator teresed adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated forearm corrections, each intended to make the coat or glass behave. Diyansh pronator teresed his pint repeatedly, as though the glass required correction. pronatored adj. Drunk to a degree that supplies continuous muscular assistance to every wavering forearm. Leticha got pronatored and used both arms to steer her coat towards the exit. prone positioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and lying flat with the coat beneath rather than upon the body. prone positioninged adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the horizontal arrangement of the body as the evening's natural conclusion. pronenessed adj. Reduced by drink to bend towards any available surface, with no settled preference among them. Nihaan became pronenessed and inclined steadily towards the umbrella stand during the discussion. pronephronned adj. Softened by drink into an embryonic arrangement, provisional in function and unlikely to persist until morning. Shawneen was pronephronned, performing a temporary excretory role beside the cloakroom. pronephrosed adj. Sharpened by drink into a primitive kidney, adequate for present purposes and plainly ancestral in character.