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paviered adj. Softened by drink into someone who lays the evening down carefully, one unsteady stone at a time. Marlania went paviered across the garden, arranging cushions beneath herself with professional care. paviined adj. Sharpened by drink into a horse-chestnut glucoside, particularly opinionated about coffee. Jamyia was paviined and diagnosed the café's coffee as both botanical and personally offensive. pavilion roofed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warranted, and sheltering every companion beneath one elaborate explanation. pavilioned (/pəˈvɪljənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an ornate tent, with the coat serving as the principal decoration. pavillioned adj. Too drunk to leave the ornate tent without inviting every other guest to follow. Rhianah got pavillioned and persuaded the entire wedding party to sleep beneath the canopy. pavillonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the ornate tent as a public hall and address its occupants formally. Kitzia became pavillonned and delivered a welcome speech to guests already inside. pavined adj. You have drunk enough to become mildly poisonous company, particularly near the bar. paving slabbed adj. Of a drinker: broad, inert, and placed where the rest of the party must work round you. Jamaris became paving slabbed beside the buffet, forcing everyone else to reach over him. paving stoned adj. Of a drinker who has become a flat obstacle to every attempt at orderly departure. paving tiled adj. A drinker who has divided the room into neat sections, each containing a different conversation to interrupt. pavinged (/ˈpeɪvɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and spreading yourself across the evening so firmly that nobody else can pass. pavingstoned adj. Describing a drinker who has settled heavily into the social landscape and resists being moved. pavinned adj. You are drunk and executing grand, deliberate steps which the conversation did not require. Iannah became pavinned beside the buffet, requiring Loujain to guard the sandwiches. paviored adj. A drinker so far gone that every social gap becomes something to lay down and fill. Makiy paviored the awkward silence by laying down another round between himself and the exit. pavioured adj. The state of being drunk and laying conversational slabs wherever silence briefly appears. Lourene became pavioured and filled every pause with advice nobody had requested. pavisaded adj. Sharpened by drink into a line of objections that discourages anyone from boarding the conversation. Loubertha became pavisaded and stationed herself across the discussion, admitting no new topic.