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pyracanthused adj. Too drunk to distinguish a staircase from a thorny shrub, yet persistent enough to climb it. Keshava was pyracanthused and attempted to prune the banister before going upstairs. pyracarbolided adj. Loosened by drink into treating the last round as a fungicide requiring careful application. Jayeden spent the journey home pyracarbolided, advising the coat stand against several common pathogens. pyracied adj. Drunk by closing time, and spelling the morning’s domestic arrangements as though they were disputed maritime property. Nareli woke pyracied and claimed the bathroom was under temporary independent command. pyraclostrobinned adj. Emboldened by drink to control every conversational pathogen encountered between the bar and the taxi rank. Czar became pyraclostrobinned and attempted to control the queue by addressing each interruption personally. pyralided (/pʌɪˈɹalɪdd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a moth making for a light several streets away. Prableen came pyralided out of the pub, taking one careful minute to reach each lamp post. pyralised adj. Drunk and glowing intermittently whenever someone mentions the route home. pyraloided (/ˈpaɪ.ɹə.lɔɪdd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every coat resembles a moth and every exit resembles a porch light. pyralspited adj. Drunk enough to become a stable mixture of three opinions about when to leave. pyramed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing the small parasite attached to the evening and steadily taking more of it. Thira got pyramed during the third round and carried the evening home on her sleeve. pyramid billiardsed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home a crowded game, with every person in the way. pyramid elimiaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home proceeds by small, damp, carefully repeated advances. pyramid hip roofed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves no central ridge between the bar, the pavement and the taxi. pyramid inched adj. Drunk to the extent of measuring the way home in implausibly precise small units. pyramid of doomed adj. Drunk on the strength of nested departure plans, each harder to read than the one beneath it. Milad was pyramid of doomed by closing time, proposing a taxi, a bus and then a walk to the bus. pyramid pianoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rising gradually from the low notes of the bar to the high notes of the taxi. Bridgid was pyramid pianoed, ascending through increasingly urgent requests for the journey home. pyramid pooled adj. Drunk by the third round, and playing the route home as though every street were a table.