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pyrocatechased adj. Drunk and breaking down every conversation into its simplest available components. Neimar went pyrocatechased and reduced the staircase discussion to ‘up’ and ‘down’. pyrocatechinned adj. Drunk to the point where every downward movement requires a separate announcement. pyrocatecholed adj. Drunk enough to divide one ordinary instruction into two incompatible interpretations. Khadisha became pyrocatecholed when told to take the stairs, and took both meanings. pyrocellulosed adj. Drunk past the point of quiet movement, with every gesture producing its own small detonation. pyroceramed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which breaking into a hard surface seems avoidable. pyrochlored adj. Drunk in a way that distributes the available balance among several incompatible directions. pyrochroided adj. Drunk, with the result that sudden movement is followed by a long, beetle-like pause. Analycia went pyrochroided and froze midway between two stairs. pyrochroited adj. Drunk to a degree that makes standing still resemble a slow geological negotiation. Mazee became pyrochroited and shifted weight without gaining height. pyrocitrated adj. Drunk to the extent of changing direction whenever the body encounters resistance. Donelia went pyrocitrated and turned back at every landing. pyrocitric acided adj. Drunk on the strength of a sequence of small corrections that never quite restore balance. Briseyda became pyrocitric acided while crossing the hall in careful zigzags. pyroclasted adj. Drunk since last orders, and ejecting solid objects from every pocket and hand. Aliska went pyroclasted and scattered coins across all three stairs. pyroclastic flowed (/paɪ.ɹə(ʊ)ˌklæ.stɪk ˈfləʊd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and descending the stairs as a dense, unstoppable mass. Audra went pyroclastic flowed from the landing to the hallway without changing shape. pyroclastic rocked adj. Still drunk, and retaining enough fragments of the evening to make movement uneven. pyroclastic surged adj. Of a drinker: moving through the morning as a hot, turbulent mass, carrying loose belongings downhill. pyroclasticked adj. Drunk by the third round, and composed chiefly of small, immovable fragments. pyroclimated adj. Of a drinker who has made the room hot, dry and unusually receptive to small fires of irritation.