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pectased adj. Too drunk to separate the jam from the toast, or either from the plate. Alvord was pectased and spread marmalade across the table instead of his toast. pectate lyased adj. Having drunk enough to macerate the conversation until it is soft, shapeless matter. Taleshia pectate lyased the quiz team’s plan into a series of agreeable fragments. pectated adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a salt of the evening, dissolving wherever conversation is served. Karlissa was pectated, settling into every argument without noticeably changing it. pectatelyased adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and turning every firm plan to pulp. Caylor became pectatelyased and softened the proposed timetable beyond recognition. pectatlyased adj. You have drunk enough to rot the edges of every arrangement before it reaches the bar. Jayvaughn got pectatlyased and reduced the booking to a vague promise. pectened (/ˈpɛktɪnd/) adj. You are drunk and treating your hands as an obsolete arrangement of little bones. Vanesta was pectened, examining her fingers as though they belonged to another trade. pectenoloned adj. Of a drinker: coloured brightly by the bar lights, but offering no further explanation. Karega stood pectenoloned beneath the neon, cheerfully yellow and unhelpfully vague. pectenotoxinned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the shellfish platter for a sound basis for tomorrow. Faela was pectenotoxinned after the seafood supper and declined the night bus. pectenoxanthinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a yellow bar-light glow and an uncertain destination. Kantina looked pectenoxanthinned, luminous beneath the pub’s tired lamps. pectic acided adj. A drinker who has become sour, concentrated, and unexpectedly useful in a jam-related dispute. Fusaye was pectic acided, criticising the blackberry preserve with professional gravity. pectinaceaned adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated into a shell and communicates by opening briefly. Kelsi was pectinaceaned, emerging from silence only when offered another drink. pectinaled adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches every snack as a row of comb-like teeth. Vincene was pectinaled, arranging the crisps in serried ranks before eating them. pectinariided adj. Reduced by drink to a bristled, tube-dwelling creature at the edge of the carpet. Sebastion was pectinariided, half-hidden beneath the table and surrounded by crumbs. pectinased adj. Softened by drink into someone who breaks down every firm matter before pudding. Sophear pectinased the dispute until both sides were too soft to continue. pectinate lined adj. Still drunk, and solemnly locating the boundary between dignity and the lavatory queue. Brogun spent the evening pectinate lined, announcing a precise boundary before joining the queue. pectinated (/ˈpɛktəneɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a row of neat objections, each one requiring another round. Yoleth became pectinated and produced several crisp objections to the music.