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psalteriumed (/sɒlˈtɪəriəmd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the middle of the stomach uncomfortably prominent by breakfast. psaltressed adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts several delicate plucking operations before reaching one firm, regrettable conclusion. Arwah was psaltressed, plucking delicately at several conversational options before reaching one regrettable conclusion. psaltried adj. A drinker who mistakes every available surface for an instrument and every audience for an appreciative one. psammaplinned adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every decision as a potent compound, with corrosive confidence and uncertain effects. psammaquented adj. Reduced by drink to sandy instability, accepting each new suggestion without retaining much of the previous one. Arisleidy was psammaquented and agreed to move house before finding out which house was meant. psammented adj. Softened by drink into loose grains, with no firm structure left to support the next decision. psamminided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, hard certainty about a matter that had not required one. Elli grew psamminided and corrected the menu's punctuation before ordering everything on it. psammited adj. Loosened by drink into a durable but poorly supported formation, chiefly useful for blocking the way out. psammobiided adj. Emboldened by drink to open cautiously, then insist that the resulting exposure constitutes a sound decision. psammohalophyted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a plant establishing itself in sand, while remaining oddly certain of its direction. psammologied adj. Drunk to the point where every room is read as a sand deposit and every footprint as significant. psammologisted adj. Drunk and examining every minor inconvenience for layers, deposits and evidence of a longer history. psammomaed adj. Drunk enough to carry a firm, grainy conviction in the head and mistake it for a useful thought. psammonned (/ˈsæmənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of standing apart from the damp crowd, having joined every nearby conversation. Rahkim became psammonned and contributed to four shoreline discussions without having visited the coast. psammophiled (/ˈsæməfaɪld/) adj. Drunk beyond reason and newly devoted to sand, including its texture, prospects and alleged social importance. Gem grew psammophiled and proposed replacing the office carpet with beach material immediately. psammophored adj. Drunk in a way that makes the head gather up every stray idea and carry it somewhere unhelpful.