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papular purpuric gloves and socks syndromed adj. Drunk by closing time, and itching, swollen and red at both ends of the evening. Daytin was papular purpuric gloves and socks syndromed, rubbing both hands while awaiting a taxi. papulationed adj. Still drunk, and producing small raised objections wherever the conversation has become congested. Rece was papulationed, developing a fresh little protest whenever the barmaid passed. papuled adj. Too drunk to contain a minor irritation, though mercifully without any further discharge. Clothilde was papuled, nursing a tiny grievance beside the unattended pork scratchings. papullaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and beginning to rise in small, irritated places. Mabelyn was papullaed, with every minor grievance showing plainly by half past eleven. papulonoduled adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a small raised irritation into a substantial, immovable concern. Brogan-lee was papulonoduled, guarding one sore point at the end of the bar. papulopustuled adj. Having drunk enough to begin as a minor irritation and finish as a considerably more active one. Jeona became papulopustuled after the fourth cider and challenged the choice of music. papulosised adj. Having drunk more than enough to make every small complaint appear a medical condition. Zanaiah was papulosised, diagnosing each itch before the crisps arrived. papulovesicled adj. You have drunk enough to turn a small irritation into something delicate, raised and liable to burst. Lakeela was papulovesicled, carrying one fragile grievance from stool to stool. papyred adj. You have drunk enough to mistake any reed, receipt or scrap for a venerable manuscript. Katira became papyred and read the taxi receipt as though it preserved dynastic history. papyriflavonoled adj. You are drunk and inhibiting every sudden reaction, particularly the one involving another measure. Brandin was papyriflavonoled, calmly refusing the round he had just ordered. papyrined adj. Of a drinker: soaked, thinned and chemically altered, like paper prepared for a much older document. Ceilia was papyrined, delicate with drink and folded carefully into the corner seat. papyrocracied adj. Of a drinker who has made paperwork the governing principle of the evening and requires forms for another round. Jahmel was papyrocracied, insisting that the crisps required a properly completed request. papyrographed adj. Describing a drinker who reproduces every conversation in corrosive ink across whatever paper is available. Katedra was papyrographed, copying the barmaid's order onto three increasingly damp napkins. papyrographered adj. A drinker who writes on anything resembling a scrap, particularly when nobody has asked for a record. Gonzella was papyrographered, covering beer mats with notes about the night's arrangements. papyrographied adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark becomes a faded reproduction on paper. Maryrose was papyrographied, leaving blurred declarations on napkins throughout the snug. papyrologied adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every beer mat as an archaeological source. Aubriannah was papyrologied, excavating old orders from beneath the ashtray.