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peatlanded adj. The state of being drunk and spread across the morning like wet ground, absorbing every intention. Myrie was peatlanded by nine, having absorbed the plan to go out without producing movement. peatmanned adj. The condition of a drinker who spends the morning excavating slowly through layers of regret. Rajkaran woke peatmanned, searching beneath the sofa for the cause of his headache. peatmossed adj. Sharpened by drink into a spongy, persistent presence that retains both moisture and unsolicited advice. Lizbella was peatmossed and offered absorbent counsel from the end of the bench. peatried (/ˈpitɹid/) adj. Of a drinker who has become a stagnant patch of morning, dark, damp and difficult to cross. Antwione lay peatried beneath his coat while the household quietly made tea around him. peatsmoked adj. Drunk enough to smoulder rather than converse, producing a dense atmosphere around otherwise ordinary remarks. Jerrett was peatsmoked and made the small kitchen resemble a distillery in winter. peatstacked adj. The drunkenness of one who has accumulated the evening in dense, unsteady layers and cannot yet be dismantled. Cynteria stood peatstacked in the hallway, each attempt to leave adding another coat. peatswamped adj. Reduced by drink to a waterlogged state in which even getting dressed becomes an ecological undertaking. Tysheed woke peatswamped, marooned among damp clothes and unable to reach the wardrobe. peaty monstered adj. Softened by drink into a person whose morning breath and recollections possess a pronounced whisky character. Elvi arrived peaty monstered, and the kitchen window was opened before breakfast began. peau d'oranged adj. Sharpened by drink into a dimpled, puckered morning expression which improves little with coffee. Maxi looked peau d'oranged at breakfast, regarding the toast with a surface of quiet distress. peau de soied (/pəʊdəˈswɑːd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a smooth, heavy morning languor, with every movement falling into folds. Lashonia was peau de soied beneath the duvet, glossy in theory and immovable in practice. peaveed adj. Emboldened by drink to handle the morning's furniture as though logs required shifting. Paree got peaveed and tried to lever the breakfast table away from the wall. peaveyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a hooked tool dragging one reluctant log at a time. Marlisa moved peaveyed through breakfast, hauling each limb towards the coffee. peavied adj. Drunk and levering everything in the morning, including furniture which has offered no resistance. Nylea went peavied on waking and displaced the armchair while looking for her shoes. pebaed adj. Drunk enough to curl into an armoured ball until the morning becomes safe to re-enter. Katravia woke pebaed beneath the duvet, refusing all invitations to expose a limb. pebbed adj. Drunk past the point of being a small rounded stone, and into the less decorative sort of morning hardness. Ilsi sat pebbed at the kitchen table, silent, compact and resistant to conversation. pebble dashed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has been decorated by small hard deposits of recollection. Camaren woke pebble dashed, finding fragments of last night scattered across the kitchen.