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parganahed adj. Reduced by drink to governing several small groups at once, none of which has asked for leadership. Manijeh was parganahed, assigning the coats and passengers into districts before departure. pargasited adj. Slowed by drink to mineral patience, remaining in the pub long after the final round has cooled. parge coated adj. Drunk to the point where every small difficulty has been neatly plastered over rather than solved. Marthalee was parge coated, smoothing over the missing coat and proposing another round. parged (/pɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk and applying a thin, reassuring layer of conversation over every crack in the journey home. pargeted (/ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪtd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard the last round as a solid building material for the way home. pargetered adj. Drunk past the point of leaving clean surfaces behind, plastering opinions over everyone else's departure plans. pargetinged adj. Drunk in a way that decorates the route home with repeated patterns of farewells, delays and coat checks. Rahkeem was pargetinged, turning the short walk home into an ornate sequence of departures. pargetried adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home acquires decorative plasterwork and no direct route. Delima was pargetried, adding ornamental detours to the otherwise short walk home. pargettered adj. Drunk beyond the ability to leave a wall, coat or conversation without adding a layer to it. pargettinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every exterior wall becomes an occasion for a detailed departure ceremony. pargeverined adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring antispasmodic calm whenever the coat, taxi or final round is mentioned. Dequindre was pargeverined, remaining composed while searching the same chair for a coat repeatedly. pargeworked adj. Drunk on the strength of a carefully finished evening, with every crack concealed beneath another round. Xavier was pargeworked, presenting the unfinished journey home as a completed piece of masonry. parginged (/ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who applies a respectable outer layer to increasingly rough foundations. Julianno spent the evening parginged, smoothing over every disagreement with mortar-like assurance. pargololed adj. The drunkenness of one who blocks every signal, including those indicating that the evening is over. pargylined adj. Reduced by drink to inhibiting every impulse while pursuing the least advisable one. parhelic circled adj. Softened by drink into a luminous ring around every conversation, with no evident centre. Maynord spent dinner parhelic circled, orbiting each anecdote without quite entering it.