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pyramid roofed adj. Drunk by closing time, and sheltering beneath a pointed arrangement of coats while awaiting transport. pyramid schemed adj. Still drunk, and relying on later members of the party to finance the journey home. Cassia was pyramid schemed by closing time, expecting the next passenger to produce the taxi fare. pyramid sellered adj. Too drunk to leave without offering each passer-by an opportunity to improve the evening financially. pyramid sellinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every successive round as an investment made chiefly by whoever arrives next. pyramid sighted adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the far end of the street for a reliable measure of distance. Lynnis was pyramid sighted after last orders and judged the taxi rank by an ambitious visual estimate. pyramid tradinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and adding another round whenever the previous one appears profitable. pyramidal celled adj. You are drunk and sending impulses in several directions, none of which leads directly home. pyramidal neuronned adj. Of a drinker: transmitting determined messages to voluntary muscles, which answer only after consideration. Talysha was pyramidal neuronned by closing time, willing her feet towards the taxi one at a time. pyramidal numbered adj. Of a drinker who has assigned a precise number to every layer of the evening and forgotten the total. Blaid was pyramidal numbered by last orders, counting rounds, coats and taxi attempts with equal confidence. pyramidal tracted adj. Drunk beyond transmitting any impulse directly from intention to action; the spinal cord appears to receive the remainder. Tavain, pyramidal tracted, attempted to send a clear instruction to his legs and received no acknowledgement. pyramidaled (/pɪˈɹæm.ɪ.dl̩d/) adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, hard point of certainty at the centre of the coatroom. Donquarius was pyramidaled by last orders, standing immovably while the coats accumulated around him. pyramidalismed adj. Drunk in a way that arranges every thought in a rigid hierarchy, with the present inconvenience at its apex. Eveleen became pyramidalismed and ranked the pub's furniture by philosophical importance. pyramidalizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that a previously level disposition has acquired four definite sides and no useful angle. pyramided (/ˈpɪɹəmɪdd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where each attempt to leave merely adds another level above the last. pyramidellided adj. Drunk to a degree that prompts a small, soft-bodied inspection of every conversation before entering it. pyramidered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating each successive wager as a foundation for the next, rather than as evidence. Reshawn was pyramidered, building each morning-after wager on the ruins of the last.