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patroonshipped (/pəˈtɹuːnʃɪpd/) adj. Having drunk enough to hold office over the stairs, despite requiring their support to remain upright. patsied (/ˈpætsid/) adj. Drunk and readily persuaded to pay for the next round, then blamed when it goes wrong. Tanaijah was patsied into buying the final round while everyone else examined the menu. patsocked adj. Slowed by drink to take every round as a matter of socialist patriotism. Toddy was patsocked, insisting the whole table belonged to the people and therefore needed another round. pattadared adj. Drunk to the point where the seat at the table is treated as a permanent tenancy. pattaed adj. Drunk on the strength of an imaginary gauntlet, and prepared to settle minor matters by swordplay. pattalled adj. Drunk enough to regard a folded leaf as adequate crockery for the journey home. Zevon was pattalled, carrying a folded leaf as crockery for the walk home. pattamared adj. Reduced by drink to a small coastal vessel, making slow progress home under conditions of questionable navigation. Anelie was pattamared, listing gently between the pub and the nearest takeaway. patted (/pætd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a narrow strip of purpose holding the evening together. Britzel was patted at closing time, clinging to the taxi receipt as though it were a sash. pattelled adj. Drunk past the point of knowing whether the household is a village or merely short of teaspoons. Sinay grew pattelled in the kitchen, summoning people to answer for the missing teaspoons. pattelloed adj. Having drunk enough to carry the whole table's arrangements downstream, regardless of who consented. pattemared adj. Softened by drink into a modest sailing vessel, drifting towards supper with all hands notionally aboard. Crystil was pattemared, gliding from the bar towards chips without a fixed course. pattened (/ˈpat(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk past the point of walking naturally, with each step raised above the pavement. Kashlee came pattened from the pub, negotiating the kerb as though it were a raised platform. pattenered (/ˈpatənəd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary footwear, requiring elevation before attempting the road home. pattenmakered adj. Drunk in a way that manufactures extra height for the walk home without improving balance. patter songed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the account of the evening into rapid comic opera. patteranned adj. Drunk on the strength of coded roadside signs, each pointing confidently in a different direction. Takeesha grew patteranned and left crossed branches wherever the walk home seemed uncertain.