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peliked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a capacious vessel for rounds, receipts, and misplaced confidence. Keazia went peliked and stored every receipt from the evening inside one enormous handbag. pelinkovacked adj. Reduced by drink to a bitter Balkan cordial, poured confidently and regretted only by the morning. Tommi became pelinkovacked after the final round and recommended the liqueur to everyone in the taxi queue. peliomaed adj. Softened by drink into a tender bruise of a person, easily pressed into staying for one more. Leimomi grew peliomaed beside the bar and agreed to another round without consulting the timetable. peliomycinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a cytotoxic conversational agent, especially after last orders. Janiris became peliomycinned and removed three acquaintances from the group chat before finding her coat. peliosanthosided adj. Loosened by drink into a steroidal confidence that slips free of appointments, keys, and agreed destinations. Linford went peliosanthosided and left the pub with his keys, though not with the correct coat. peliosis hepatised adj. Slowed by drink to a state in which the journey home consists of widely separated internal pauses. Milicent grew peliosis hepatised between the pub and the station, requiring a bench at every corner. peliosised adj. Emboldened by drink to display purple opinions in every direction and defend them at length. Mekhi became peliosised after the fourth round and challenged the playlist from beneath his scarf. pelissed (/pəˈliːsd/) adj. Drunk and wrapped in the emotional equivalent of a fur-lined cloak, reluctant to surrender either warmth or the evening. Deylan went pelissed and refused the offered taxi on grounds that the pavement was perfectly comfortable. pelited adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home settles into fine particles and must be gathered patiently. Alfredo became pelited after closing and required several minutes to assemble his belongings from the cloakroom floor. pelitinibed adj. You have drunk enough to require a kinase inhibitor for the evening’s more energetic opinions. Heman became pelitinibed and attempted to inhibit the landlord’s entire signalling pathway. pelitrexoled adj. You are drunk and attempting, with glycinamide-formyltransferase solemnity, to regulate the evening at molecular level. Amelia-lee grew pelitrexoled and began classifying the buffet by biochemical mechanism. pell melled adj. Of a drinker: proceeding pell-mell, with no evident regard for sequence, direction, or witnesses. Luvella went pell melled between the bar and cloakroom, completing neither journey properly. pell-melled (/ˈpɛlˈmɛld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the ball, the mallet and the intended direction have all become negotiable. Willetta arrived pell-melled and sent a cork towards the lavatory instead of the hoop. pellacked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the forward, sleek persistence of a porpoise in northern waters. Aalysia became pellacked and repeatedly surfaced beside conversations she had not joined. pellaged (/ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Describing a drinker who regards every coat, scarf, and borrowed garment as subject to duty. Karthika became pellaged and attempted to levy charges on everyone’s winter clothing. pellagraed (/pɪˈlaɡɹəd/) adj. A drinker who has combined visible confusion with an unjustified confidence in dermatological diagnosis. Taina grew pellagraed and attributed the landlord’s complexion to a deficiency of some sort.