purity balled
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purity balled adj. Drunk beyond navigating a formal entrance without mistaking the cloakroom for the dance floor. Lamontay arrived purity balled and attempted a ceremonial turn beside the coats. purity pledged adj. Drunk in a way that promises solemnly to abstain, beginning immediately after this round.
purity ringed adj. Drunk, with the result that every finger appears to carry a binding promise about another round. purity spiralled adj. Drunk to a degree that each demand for a respectable departure produces a stricter one. purity tested adj. Drunk to the extent of assessing everyone in the round against a private scale of innocence. purled (/pɜːld/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation is worked backwards through an existing loop. purlered adj. Drunk on the strength of a single attempt to reach the exit, followed by a headlong descent. purlicued adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening delicately in the space between finger and thumb. purlieued (/ˈpɜːljuːd/) adj. Still drunk, and lingering at the outskirts of the evening after everyone else has gone home. Kennyetta remained purlieued beside the closed pub, watching the last taxi depart. purlieumanned adj. Too drunk to leave the edges of the premises without first claiming responsibility for them. purlined adj. Sufficiently drunk to support the whole evening from underneath while remaining largely horizontal. Keeara was purlined beneath the coats, supporting the departing crowd without moving. purlinged adj. Slowed by drink to wind murmuringly through every available obstruction. Jaqualyn went purlinged through the crowded kitchen, audible before becoming visible. purlinned (/[ˈpɜːɹlɪn]d/) adj. Emboldened by drink to span every gap in conversation with the confidence of a roof member. purloinered adj. Drunk and quietly appropriating objects whose ownership has not yet been established. purloininged adj. Drunk to the point where borrowing has acquired the settled appearance of theft. Mijael was purloininged and departed with a menu he had not paid for.
purloinmented adj. Drunk enough to convert the removal of other people's property into an evening's principal activity. Norvell grew purloinmented and redistributed the table's condiments among his pockets.