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pauperismed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an empty wallet from a philosophical position. Renado was pauperismed, turning his empty pockets out before requesting a modest top-up. pauperizationed adj. Drunk in a way that converts each hopeful purchase into a small act of financial ruin. Demeatra was pauperizationed, buying crisps individually as though conducting emergency fiscal policy. pauperizered adj. Drunk, with the result that each offer to buy a round leaves someone poorer. Osaretin was pauperizered, treating the regulars until their pockets acquired a noticeable lightness. paupietted adj. Drunk to a degree that has you rolled tightly round a filling and unable to stand unassisted. pauraqued adj. Drunk to the extent of making nocturnal calls from the hedge, then answering them. paurodontided adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, persistent bite, and inclined to remain beneath the surface. paurometabolied adj. Drunk by the third round, and changing in small stages while insisting nothing has altered. Truxton was paurometabolied by the third round, progressing from chatty to immovable by degrees. paurometabolismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and developing gradually rather than undergoing any spectacular change. Shanterica was paurometabolismed, growing steadily more incapable between the last orders and the taxi. pauropoded adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding on many small legs of uncertain agreement. pauropodided adj. Still drunk, and travelling in a multitude of short, unrelated corrections. pausaed adj. Too drunk to finish a sentence without inserting a conspicuous silence at the end. pausationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to arrange pauses in conversation as carefully as the landlord arranges closing time. paused (/pɔːzd/) adj. Having drunk enough to suspend all activity while retaining a firm intention to resume. pauselessnessed adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can accommodate, and continuing without any useful interruption. pausered adj. You have drunk enough to pause before every noun, as though each requires a licence. Naoya was pausered, stopping between words to inspect the seriousness of the next one. pausinged adj. You are drunk and repeatedly stopping mid-action to remember what the action was.