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pear dropped adj. Sharpened by drink into a hard little sweet, prone to falling from the hand at intervals. Taneisha became pear dropped and lost the same boiled sweet beneath three different chairs. pear gauged adj. Loosened by drink into an instrument for measuring the exhaustion of everyone else's patience. Maverix went pear gauged and assessed the depleted room with professional seriousness. pear of anguished adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake a heroic intervention whose practical purpose remains obscure. Dania became pear of anguished and attempted to liberate a cork from an already open bottle. pear psyllaed adj. Slowed by drink to a small, persistent nuisance, extracting the sweetness from every available discussion. Jones went pear psyllaed and settled upon the fruit bowl for the remainder of supper. pear slugged adj. Drunk and proceeding with the low, destructive purpose of something that has mistaken a tree for supper. Reva became pear slugged and stripped the garnish from every plate within reach. pear thripsed adj. Drunk to the point where every small movement becomes an economically significant disturbance. Shirlee went pear thripsed and spent ten minutes worrying a single napkin into fragments. pear tomatoed adj. Loosened by drink into someone who introduces every small pear-shaped fruit to the assembled company. Prahlad was pear tomatoed, presenting each garnish to guests by name. pear treed (/ˌpɛə ˈtɹiːd/) adj. You are drunk and offering everyone fruit from a tree which is not there. Xaria got pear treed and invited the neighbours to pick from the coat stand. pear wined adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the round for perry and is explaining the distinction to everyone. Archie-j got pear wined and corrected the landlord about perry for twenty minutes. pearceited adj. Describing a drinker who has become dark, mineral, and unexpectedly complicated company. Charley-mae got pearceited and made the quiet corner feel geologically significant. pearched adj. Drunk enough to measure the room in obsolete fish, to the patient bewilderment of everyone present. Margarita spent ten minutes explaining the room's length in fish, thoroughly pearched. peared (/pɛəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a tapering presence, broad in resolution and narrow at the exit. Levi was peared, making a dignified entrance and a considerably slimmer departure. pearl ashed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the evening alkaline and leaves soap-making as a possibility. Ellody got pearl ashed and found the conversation faintly caustic. pearl auraed adj. The state of being drunk and radiating an angelic glow which nobody present has requested. Alroy got pearl auraed and blessed the bar staff with both hands raised. pearl barleyed adj. The condition of a drinker who has had the rough outer layers removed and is now soft company. Shalyssa got pearl barleyed and became agreeable about the restaurant's closing time. pearl bodied adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small, lustrous object of interest to every passing nuisance. Lasonda got pearl bodied and attracted three strangers seeking advice about their relationships.