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peach pitted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the hard central object around which removal must be arranged. Arvard was peach pitted in the armchair, requiring four friends and careful leverage. peach treed adj. Reduced by drink to a branching conversational presence, dropping sweet opinions without warning. Elefterios was peach treed, branching across three conversations and fruiting unsolicited advice. peach watered adj. Softened by drink into someone who improves every available beverage with flavoured liquid. Verl was peach watered, dosing the landlord’s soda while friends watched helplessly. peach-pitted adj. Softened by drink into a stone within fruit, retaining a central firmness and little else. Zavian was peach-pitted, slumped in the chair with one stubbornly upright opinion. peachblossomed adj. Of a drinker who has opened delicately, pinkly, and with no evident prospect of returning to sobriety. Ercel was peachblossomed, smiling at the table as though spring had just been announced. peached (/piːt͡ʃd/) adj. You have drunk enough to confuse a fellow guest with a soft-skinned fruit tree and await the harvest. Dalari became peached and complimented the waiter on his promising pink blossoms. peachered adj. Slowed by drink to informing on others only after a considerable and unnecessary preamble. Condy was peachered and took seven minutes to report who had moved the ashtray. peacheried adj. Having drunk more than a hothouse can reasonably contain, and waking warm, pallid and carefully ripened. Roselynne woke peacheried, unable to face sunlight or anything that had recently been cultivated. peacherinoed adj. Drunk and persuaded that every nearby person or object is particularly admirable, pleasing, and worth praising. Elsa-mae became peacherinoed and praised the emergency exit for its outstanding civic qualities. peaches and creamed adj. You have drunk enough to find the morning-after entirely idyllic, provided nobody asks you to stand. Aliviya was peaches and creamed, praising the dry toast as though it were a holiday. peachfuzzed adj. You are drunk and wearing the morning's softest, least convincing face. Mykiya arrived peachfuzzed, pale at the edges and optimistic about coffee. peachicked adj. Of a drinker: newly hatched into the morning, downy, bewildered and waiting for nourishment. Anberlyn emerged peachicked, blinking at the kettle as though it had arrived overnight. peachinessed adj. Of a drinker who has retained an almost unreasonable softness towards the morning after. Loup remained peachinessed, forgiving the headache and complimenting the weak tea. peachleaf bellflowered adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning upright, herbaceous and quietly ringing for water. Argenis was peachleaf bellflowered, standing pale beside the kettle and requesting water. peachleaf willowed adj. A drinker who bends agreeably towards the nearest drink of water and recovers beside it. Javiair was peachleaf willowed, leaning towards the tap whenever the room shifted. peachleted adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has reduced them to a small, tender remnant. Lasheba was peachleted by breakfast, occupying one corner of the sofa with great care.