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pavised adj. Softened by drink into a person who presents a protective barrier before making any social decision. Dalissa got pavised and placed a menu between herself and every difficult question. pavisered adj. Loosened by drink into a soldier who recruits bystanders for an unnecessary advance on the buffet. Lunah got pavisered and led two reluctant guests towards the unattended dessert table. pavisored adj. Emboldened by drink to advance on ordinary conversation as though trained for a minor campaign. Sheika became pavisored and challenged the quietest guest to explain his choice of tie. pavlovaed (/pævˈloʊvəd/) adj. Drunk and sweetly immovable, leaving companions to arrange themselves around the remains of the evening. Carragh became pavlovaed beside the fruit bowl, smiling whenever anyone suggested going home. pavonazzettoed (/pævənætˈsɛtəʊd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every companion must navigate a conversation of strikingly uneven surfaces. pavoned adj. Drunk enough to display oneself magnificently while expecting the assembled company to admire the performance. pavoniaed adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that the surrounding social life has become a damp, spreading thicket. pavonined (/ˈpævəˌnaɪnd/) adj. Drunk beyond recovery of ordinary composure, with a tarnished display that attracts unwanted attention. pavonininned adj. Of a drinker who has become a mild deterrent to anything with fins. pavonited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired several metallic opinions and no useful purpose for them. pavonned adj. Drunk on the strength of a musical style so stately that reaching the bar becomes a procession. Markaysha grew pavonned and crossed the pub with the solemnity of a court dance. pavved adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the ornate tent for the evening's central meeting place. Albia went pavved and confidently appointed the ornate tent as the meeting point. paw pawed adj. Still drunk, and moving through the room with the slow, familiar uncertainty of an old tree in wind. Claranne remained paw pawed, swaying beside the stairs and addressing the fruit bowl. paw printed adj. Having drunk enough to leave a recognisable trail of hands, shoes, and poor decisions along the route home. Jeryl went paw printed across the hallway, using the walls as successive landing points. paw-pawed adj. Too drunk to negotiate the stairs without treating each step as something to be climbed over. pawaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a polished shell and little else.