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peasoupered adj. Drunk to the point where familiar faces have become a dense, yellowish blur. Jalanna grew peasoupered and greeted the same coat twice. peastoned adj. Of a drinker who has become round, granular, and remarkably resistant to further movement. Joa was peastoned beside the hearth, spherical in posture and immovable by ordinary persuasion. peasweeped adj. A drinker who circles the room calling plaintively, with the air of a lapwing defending territory. Yojan was peasweeped and challenged the coat rack whenever it appeared to move. peat bogged adj. The drunkenness of one who has accumulated slowly, retained everything, and become difficult to cross without equipment. Jassmen was peat bogged and absorbed the evening’s conversation without yielding any firm conclusions. peat mossed adj. Softened by drink into a damp, fibrous person capable of supporting anything placed upon them. Milisa was peat mossed and permitted three coats, a handbag, and one minor responsibility to settle on her. peat potted adj. Loosened by drink into a portable growing medium, ready to be planted wherever the evening ends. Kannon was peat potted and could have been transferred directly to the garden without objection. peat smoked adj. Drunk and exhaling the grave, persistent atmosphere of a fire that has been burning below ground. Arneta was peat smoked and lent the taxi an unmistakable Highland interior. peat spaded adj. Emboldened by drink to cut through every social surface with a short, uncompromising implement. Marsean went peat spaded and divided the supper party into sections by force of opinion. peat-reeked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of pungent smoke, leaving a disagreeable trail through every room visited. Leoner became peat-reeked and took several minutes to cross the hall, clouding it as he went. peat-smoked adj. Drunk to the point where every utterance emerges darkened, lingering, and faintly medicinal. Razin became peat-smoked and left a smoky aftertaste on every explanation offered. peataried adj. You are drunk and bogged down in the morning, moving as though the floor were wet peat. Leonise woke peataried, leaving the breakfast table only after a prolonged struggle with the carpet. peatboged adj. Reduced by drink to a wet depression in the landscape, retaining footprints, umbrellas, and old grievances. Dynisha became peatboged and swallowed the corner of the sitting room without protest. peated (/piːtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled into a dark, fibrous torpor and might burn until morning. Elajus became peated and sat by the radiator with the endurance of bog fuel. peateried (/ˈpiːtəɹid/) adj. Of a drinker: sunk into the morning like a boot in a bog, with little prospect of extraction. Andarius stood peateried by the toaster, apparently waiting for firmer ground. peatinessed adj. A drinker who has acquired an earthy, smoky presence which survives into the morning. Rhavyn appeared peatinessed at breakfast, making the kitchen smell faintly of distant fires. peatinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning seems kiln-dried, smoky and faintly medicinal. Keevin woke peatinged, with the unmistakable atmosphere of a distillery clinging to his dressing gown.