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parvenued (/ˈpɑː.və.njuːd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the confidence of someone promoted into a social class not yet admitting them. Shanonn arrived parvenued at the after-party, wearing borrowed confidence and asking who owned the house. parvenuessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and newly convinced that a grand entrance remains possible from the night bus. Edika went parvenuessed and practised entering the taxi with the dignity of a duchess. parvenuismed adj. Still drunk, and applying the habits of a social climber to the allocation of coats and seats. Nakiria remained parvenuismed, reserving the best taxi and distributing lesser journeys to everyone else. parvicapsulided adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without forming a small protective capsule around the nearest coat. Tokie became parvicapsulided and curled around a borrowed coat until the taxi arrived. parvicursorined adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the journey home in short dinosaurian bursts, with long pauses between them. parvinned adj. Emboldened by drink to bind every moving part to every other, with proteinaceous confidence. Eylin got parvinned and attempted to fasten the entire conversation together. parvipelvianed adj. Slowed by drink to an aquatic crawl, with the lower half apparently designed for another geological age. parvised (/ˈpɑː.vɪsd/) adj. Drunk and conducting cathedral-yard business in an enclosed court, chiefly concerning the propriety of the paving. parvitied adj. Drunk past the point of magnitude, with all opinions reduced to a modest scale. Leslee grew parvitied and described the entire dispute as a small administrative matter. parvituded adj. Drunk enough to reduce every ambition to a smallness suitable for discreet storage. Aaser got parvituded and proposed a miniature version of every plan on the table. parvocelled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary resolution, attending only to the smallest available signals. parvocellular celled adj. Drunk in a way that confines attention to minute visual impressions, chiefly those occurring at the edge of perception. parvoed adj. Describing a drinker who clerks the evening in miniature, filing each movement under the wrong heading. parvolined adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation acquires the smoky, basic character of a coal-tar derivative. Xochi became parvolined and gave the room a distinctly industrial account of local politics. parvolinned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every exchange faintly chemical and unhelpfully aromatic. parvordered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning every acquaintance a taxonomic rank between family supper and serious concern.