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pryingnessed adj. A drinker who has converted four pints into an observable quality of nosiness. prymnesinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has acquired the toxicity of an algal bloom. prymnesiophyted adj. The state of being drunk and photosynthesising badly in the vicinity of a window. Garnel was prymnesiophyted, pale and unicellular in his approach to conversation. prymnesiovirused adj. The condition of a drinker who has found a host and begun reproducing the same nonsense within it. Priest grew prymnesiovirused and infected the entire table with his theory about napkins. prytaned (/pɹaɪˈteɪnd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who presides over the room as though appointed chief magistrate of its refreshments. prytaneumed (/ˌpɹaɪˈteɪn.i.əmd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the pub for a civic hall and oneself for its presiding officer. prytanied adj. Softened by drink into a temporary presidency, historically impressive and administratively useless. Aviva prytanied at the corner table, presiding over proceedings and misplacing the crisps. prytanised adj. Reduced by drink to an official in ancient Athens, with authority disproportionate to the proceedings. Arba grew prytanised and convened the drinks table to settle a dispute over crisps. przewaquinoned adj. Sharpened by drink into a lipophilic botanical principle with opinions more pungent than useful. przhevalskited adj. Loosened by drink into a yellow-green mineral presence, vitreous in appearance and poor at conversation. psRNA'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent message associated with the sofa and repeated until morning. psakked adj. Having drunk more than the morning can adjudicate, and treating every breakfast choice as settled law. psalm-smitered adj. Of a drinker: singing loudly to an absent congregation, especially while recovering beside the sink. Vanity woke psalm-smitered and addressed the toaster as a small but attentive congregation. psalmbooked adj. Of a drinker who has filled the morning with solemn quotations, most of them remembered incorrectly. Zyndall arrived psalmbooked, citing breakfast wisdom from several incompatible traditions. psalmed (/sɑːmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to turn the morning after into solemn, tuneful reflection. Jakiylah woke psalmed and sang softly at the kettle until it boiled. psalmisted adj. Describing a drinker who composes solemn verses about the headache before breakfast. Cranston became psalmisted and wrote four lines about the moral seriousness of water.