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parcopresised adj. Having drunk enough to require complete privacy before approaching the bathroom. parcoursed adj. Having drunk more than enough to turn the route from sofa to kitchen into an obstacle course. pardahed adj. You have drunk enough to conceal yourself behind a curtain, preferably while announcing its constitutional importance. pardaled (/ˈpɑː(ɹ)deɪld/) adj. Of a drinker: spotted in the kitchen at intervals, chiefly when another glass is needed. pardaliscided adj. Of a drinker who has taken to navigating the kitchen by short, sideways hops. Lalaina was pardaliscided, crossing the tiles in small sideways movements towards the tap. pardalled adj. You are drunk and leopard-like in the domestic habit of appearing silently beside the fridge. pardaloted adj. Describing a drinker who pecks repeatedly at the crumbs beside the kettle. pardaoed adj. Reduced by drink to a small unit of domestic currency, passed carefully from sofa to kitchen. Virden was pardaoed, offering a token payment of one biscuit for a glass of water. pardarinosided adj. A drinker who has become quietly potent, steroidal, and inclined to reorganise the cupboards. pardaued adj. Softened by drink into a minor coin, easily misplaced beneath the sofa. pardaxinned adj. A drinker so far gone that even the sofa appears to repel further conversation. Normalee was pardaxinned, sending visitors away from the sofa with a single exhausted gesture. parded (/ˈpɑː(ɹ)dd/) adj. You have drunk enough to stalk the kitchen like a large cat, pausing beneath the table. pardessused adj. The state of being drunk and producing a thin, mournful melody on kitchen utensils. pardnered adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the nearest cushion as a trusted companion. Taborah was pardnered, confiding in the sofa while holding a glass of water. pardoed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, exacting coin, particularly about the temperature of water. pardon mongered adj. You are drunk and selling absolution by the half-pint, with indulgences available after closing time.