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peddleried adj. Of a drinker: commercially restless, carrying trifles about and attempting to place them with strangers. Auni was peddleried, circulating among the tables with one teaspoon and several theories. peddlinged adj. A drinker who keeps offering small goods after the market, the audience, and the purpose have departed. Janil was peddlinged, repeatedly presenting a keyring to people leaving the station. pedelaviumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct a ceremonial washing of feet, beginning with whoever is nearest the sink. Aniyahlee got pedelaviumed and lined up towels across the kitchen floor. pedelecked adj. A drinker so far gone that forward motion requires assistance, though only while the legs continue pedalling. Zimbabwe arrived pedelecked, propelled towards the kebab shop by uncertain but energetic feet. pederasticed adj. The state of being drunk and displaying an obsolete scholarly interest best left outside ordinary conversation. Ily became pederasticed and introduced an antiquated subject at the family supper. pedereroed adj. Softened by drink into a compact chambered cannon, capable of discharging opinions at modest velocity. Jordann became pedereroed and sent crisps towards the far end of the table. pederinned adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose conversation produces a burning, blistering effect on contact. Cariah became pederinned and left a vesicant remark beside every conversational wound. pederosised adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an appalling impulse is expressed only as an unfinished sentence. Omagene was pederosised and stopped midway through an objectionable remark. pedesised adj. Drunk and undergoing a ceaseless, irregular Brownian wandering between chairs, tables, and the bar. Quindale went pedesised, drifting among the tables without acknowledging any fixed destination. pedestal coiled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a radiator's stacked straight pipes from a suitable resting arrangement. Geneta was pedestal coiled, counting the radiator's horizontal members as though they were bar stools. pedestal computered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary portable reasoning, operating as a large stationary processor with modest ambitions. Nazareth went pedestal computered and required several minutes to process the question of chips. pedestal drilled adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning boring steadily into one subject, with adjustable enthusiasm. Zaddie was pedestal drilled by breakfast, explaining the same point at variable height. pedestal fanned adj. Describing a drinker who oscillates between chairs all morning, detachable from dignity and adjustable in mood. Kenyin was pedestal fanned, turning slowly towards whoever mentioned coffee. pedestal servered adj. A drinker who has become box-like, wheeled towards coffee and incapable of transporting himself unaided. Rostislav was pedestal servered, requiring two hands and a clear route to the kitchen. pedestal telephoned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's first conversation requires a mouthpiece, a stem and several attempts. Apaar was pedestal telephoned, speaking into the kettle as though it might connect him. pedestaled (/ˈpɛdɪstəld/) adj. Drunk to the point where every person encountered is assigned a base and ceremonially elevated. Jarvais became pedestaled and placed the barman upon an imaginary marble plinth.