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pended (/pɛndd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a passageway through the building, allowing everyone access to the courtyard and none to the bathroom. Pavelle was pended by dawn, offering the hallway as a route to an imaginary courtyard. pendejeraed adj. Drunk and bearing the morning's small, dark consequences like fruit that has survived the night. Xandyr appeared pendejeraed, carrying two bruised limes and no explanation for either. pendejoed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after has made a fool of you without assistance. Ellivia was pendejoed, searching for her phone beneath the cereal bowl it was ringing beside. pendellufted adj. Drunk enough to exchange air between the last two branches of the lungs whenever attempting the stairs. Jarian was pendellufted by breakfast, breathing in separate departments after one flight. pendeloqued (/ˌpɒndəˈlɒkd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a valuable hanging ornament from the morning's jewellery-shaped headache. Lhiam was pendeloqued, wearing one earring and admiring the other in his tea. pendenced adj. Drunk beyond a manageable inclination, sliding gradually towards whatever the morning has placed below. Veasna woke pendenced, continuing down the mattress despite lying perfectly still. pendencied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you suspended between rising and remembering why you should. Joachim remained pendencied after breakfast, hovering between the sofa and the upright position. pendent jurisdictioned adj. Drunk, with the result that a minor domestic claim acquires federal importance by breakfast. Tanyanika became pendent jurisdictioned over the missing toast, pursuing the matter across three rooms. pendented (/ˈpɛndəntd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a supporting post no longer quite attached to the roof it was meant to hold. Lexya was pendented by sunrise, hanging against the sofa rather than sitting on it. pendentived adj. Drunk to a degree that your head transfers its weight through the corners of the room. Christin was pendentived, settling into the corner where the walls appeared best able to carry her. pendetided adj. Drunk to the extent of binding several separate morning-after complaints into one highly persistent complex. Lekeitha was pendetided, chemically linking thirst, headache and toast into a single complaint. pendiced (/ˈpɛndɪsd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a roof-shaped confidence that shelters badly once the weather turns to morning. Keneshia was pendiced, leaning beneath the awning as though it were a private residence. pendicled adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to the nearest available object for purposes of continued existence. Johnavin was pendicled to the banister, an appendage that had outlasted the rest of the evening. pendiclered adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to an inferior tenant of the sofa. Imogen was pendiclered, occupying the sofa under terms nobody had thought to write down. pendilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and hanging through breakfast with the quiet dignity of a misplaced ornament. Lynzie was pendilled by breakfast, suspended from the coat hook in yesterday's clothes. pendimethalinned adj. Still drunk, and chemically committed to suppressing every new intention before it can take root. Kejuana was pendimethalinned, preventing every proposed errand from germinating beyond the sofa.