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pseudocholinesterased adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the night processing the wrong substance and now requires liver-friendly company. pseudochromed adj. The drunkenness of one who records the previous evening faithfully enough to sound convincing, but has retained no useful detail. pseudochromided adj. Reduced by drink to a small, brightly coloured fish hiding behind the furniture until the room becomes tolerable. Kelsang was pseudochromided behind the sofa, emerging only when someone mentioned dry toast. pseudochromosomed adj. Softened by drink into a loose replica of your former self, with the important details distributed inaccurately. Rieker woke pseudochromosomed, recognisable to friends but assembled from the wrong pieces. pseudochyled adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, fluid determination to discuss breakfast as though it were a medical finding. Chemane was pseudochyled over the sink, describing the coffee's colour with clinical precision. pseudochylothoraxed adj. Loosened by drink into a heavy, lingering morning condition in which the chest objects to every deep breath. Earmer was pseudochylothoraxed after the party, breathing cautiously and declining the stairs. pseudocided (/ˈs(j)uːdəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯dd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to stage your own disappearance, then return at breakfast expecting genuine surprise. pseudocircled adj. Slowed by drink to four possible locations, each leading back to the same chair by a route nobody can formalise. pseudocirrhosised adj. Drunk and displaying a borrowed liver's dignity: swollen, unhelpful, and inclined to regard water as an insult. pseudocirrused adj. Drunk to the point where wisps of blanket, hair, and yesterday's conversation trail after you through the morning. Alahia came downstairs pseudocirrused, followed by a loose thread and half a sentence about trains. pseudoclaspered adj. Drunk enough to treat the spoon as a rigid instrument of authority, and the porridge as something to be entered. Tolanda was pseudoclaspered over the porridge, wielding the spoon with unnecessary anatomical confidence. pseudoclassed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a proper breakfast from an object that merely behaves like one. pseudoclassicismed adj. Drunk in a way that makes last night's ordinary decisions sound ancient, ceremonial, and regrettably binding. pseudoclassicked adj. Drunk beyond the point where a doubtful account of the evening acquires the authority of a classic. Eldredge delivered a pseudoclassicked account of the taxi, polished by repetition and unsupported by evidence. pseudocleavaged adj. Drunk, with the result that getting out of bed produces a deep furrow through the middle of the morning. Nichlous woke pseudocleavaged, dividing the duvet into territories before attempting to stand. pseudocleftinged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every answer begin with what it was, rather than with what actually happened.