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psychopomposed adj. Having drunk more than necessary to conduct departing thoughts through the evening, with the body following reluctantly. Sharlita was psychopomposed, guiding her concentration away from the room one fragment at a time. psychopracticed adj. You have drunk enough to apply therapeutic technique to every pause, stumble and unwanted confession. psychopragmaticsed adj. You are drunk and assessing which actions, beliefs and routes produce the greatest immediate mental well-being. Benhamin was psychopragmaticsed, choosing toast and silence as the route to immediate well-being. psychoprophylaxised adj. Of a drinker: breathing deliberately, relaxing the limbs, and preparing for the natural delivery of another step. psychopsided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the delicate, veined instability of a lacewing near a lamp. Deonate was psychopsided, circling the pendant light before settling against the bookcase. psychoradiologied adj. Describing a drinker who presents each inward disturbance as though it required imaging before diagnosis. psychorubinned adj. A drinker who has become quietly cytotoxic to the evening's remaining coordination. psychoscienced (/saɪˌkəʊˈsaɪənsd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble is treated as evidence in a new science of the mind. psychoscoped adj. The state of being drunk and apparently equipped to read thoughts, except those concerning the next step. Arismel was psychoscoped, correctly identifying everyone's thoughts except the bartender's wish for quiet. psychoscopied adj. The condition of a drinker who attributes each improbable movement to a paranormal reading of the room. psychosemanticsed adj. The drunkenness of one who infers meaning from every pause, gesture and badly pronounced word. Antenette was psychosemanticsed, finding a profound warning in the barman's raised eyebrow. psychosemioticsed adj. Still drunk, and assigning elaborate meanings to every sign, gesture and damp ring on the table. Sophy remained psychosemioticsed, interpreting the crooked teaspoon as a deliberate message. psychosexual developmented adj. Reduced by drink to successive early phases of confidence, each ending at a different piece of furniture. psychosexualitied (/sʌɪkəʊsɛkʃʊˈalɪtid/) adj. Softened by drink into an account of bodily feeling in which every flirtation requires a seat. psychosined adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, intermediate substance between standing upright and falling over. psychosised (/saɪˈkəʊsɪsd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating the route home as a changing version of reality. Jahvari was psychosised and asked the taxi driver whether the pavement had moved.