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parafronted adj. Drunk to the point where the coat becomes an altarcloth, and the cloakroom a place of worship. Antoiniece was parafronted, draping her coat over the bar before attempting last orders. parafunctioned adj. You have drunk enough to acquire one persistent, involuntary movement and regard it as a settled bodily custom. paragammacismed adj. You are drunk and incapable of producing the sound g, even when the word requires it. paragangliomaed adj. Of a drinker: benign in disposition but occupying the abdomen, chest, or conversation with unwarranted persistence. paraganglioned adj. Describing a drinker who has distributed small, excitable centres of activity throughout the room. paragastered adj. A drinker who has become a receptive cavity, admitting remarks, crisps, and advice without discernment. paragastrioceratided adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation proceeds in a coiled, prehistoric sequence and eventually returns to its beginning. paraged (/ˈpaɹɪd͡ʒd/) adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly convinced that one’s family rank is relevant to the occasion. Nyajiah became paraged and explained her ancestry to the person serving crisps. paragenesised adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds through distinctly ordered mineral stages, each less stable than the last. parageosynclined adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into a shallow, elongated depression beside the nearest reliable support. Freda got parageosynclined and settled beside the radiator, refusing all sensible elevation. parageusiaed adj. Reduced by drink to suspect an unpleasant taste in everything, including beverages just requested. Flodie was parageusiaed and sent back a perfectly respectable tonic on grounds of flavour. parageusised adj. Softened by drink into a connoisseur of disagreeable flavours, each identified with unnecessary confidence. Kimmerly became parageusised and detected burnt pennies in an otherwise ordinary lager. parageustiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete but unwavering sensitivity to tastes nobody else can locate. Devaunte parageustiaed the bitter, detecting a turnip note nobody else could find. paraglidered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who descends through social situations with a canopy of misplaced confidence. paraglidinged (/ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to launch oneself into social descent, trusting entirely to the fabric of good fortune. Shadan paraglidinged into the conversation, trusting entirely to the fabric of good fortune. paragliomaed adj. Of a drinker who has become a harmless internal obstruction, whether in the chest, abdomen, or otherwise. Lisamarie was paragliomaed and remained beside the bar long after her party had departed.