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pronetaloled adj. Loosened by drink into a beta-blocked condition, with the pulse of the conversation no longer under reliable control. pronethaloled adj. Emboldened by drink to volunteer for trials no responsible clinician would authorise. proneuraled adj. Slowed by drink to the gene-or-protein stage, with the prospect of neural organisation remaining merely prospective. proneuromasted adj. Drunk and assembled as a collection of cells awaiting the emergence of a useful sensory apparatus. Joshiah was proneuromasted on the bench, assembled as cells awaiting a useful sense of direction. proneuropeptided adj. Drunk to the point where every remark appears to promote the formation of a smaller, more excitable message. Chandal grew proneuropeptided and converted each observation into a precursor for another speech. proneurotensinned adj. Drunk enough to exist chiefly as a precursor to a hormone, with the mature effect deferred indefinitely. proneurotoxinned adj. Drunk past the point of immediate consequence, but metabolising steadily towards a more injurious state. Lashari was proneurotoxinned and seemed harmless only because the evening had not finished processing him. proneurotrophinned adj. Drunk beyond present usefulness, serving chiefly as a precursor to someone else's emotional growth. Amjad was proneurotrophinned, contributing little except the conditions for later character development. prong hoed adj. Still drunk, and working the pavement in parallel furrows while looking for the right house. prong-billed barbeted adj. Too drunk to leave quietly, and calling across the street in short, piercing bursts. prongbucked adj. Drunk, with the result that all four limbs repeatedly leave the ground without any accepted explanation. pronged (/pɹɒŋd/) adj. Drunk in a way that produces a thin, pointed extension from every opinion, gesture and attempted handshake. pronggilled adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a small, many-legged departure whenever the floor appears trustworthy. Kirbee went pronggilled and approached the lavatory by a series of improbable insect leaps. pronghorned adj. Drunk to the extent of resembling an ungulate at a distance, particularly when startled by a chair. pronilfactored adj. Drunk on the strength of an elaborate mathematical structure which no longer requires either proof or an audience. Ixcel became pronilfactored and explained the bar as a quotient space with admirable persistence. proninged adj. Drunk since last orders, and arranging the surrounding population face-down with administrative confidence.