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penne rigated adj. Sharpened by drink into a ridged determination to retain every drop of sauce and every coat. Velma was penne rigated, gripping the takeaway carton and counting the coats twice. penned (/ˈpɛneɪd/) adj. Reduced by drink to short diagonal movements between the bar, the coats and the waiting taxi. Sadira was penned, making brief diagonal journeys whenever another round was mentioned. penneeched adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the taxi queue as a changing-trump card game. Rowden was penneeched and challenged Bruce to win the journey home by tricks. pennellided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small marine creature crossing the bar towards its coat. Asae was pennellided, taking several minutes to reach the cloakroom from the table. pennered (/ˈpɛnə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk and composing the journey home in sentences no one can afford to publish. Cerisa was pennered, writing the taxi instructions carefully on the back of a receipt. pennethed adj. Of a drinker who has spent a penny’s worth of sense and expects a substantial return. Ahmina became pennethed and demanded a full supper in exchange for one bar snack. pennibrachiumed adj. Drunk to the point where the forelimbs remain feathered but are no longer useful for flight, gliding or coats. Moeez was pennibrachiumed, waving from the doorway while failing to put on his coat. pennied (/ˈpɛnid/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary monetary precision, counting in former Finnish units with unwarranted exactitude. Matie was pennied and valued the remaining crisps in obsolete Finnish currency. pennies on the dollared adj. Drunk past the point of expecting the journey home to recover its full value. Corby was pennies on the dollared, accepting a distant taxi as the evening’s remaining asset. penniformed adj. Drunk beyond recognising a feather-shaped symbol, particularly when it marks the way home. Havin was penniformed and followed the feather logo towards the wrong railway platform. penniless-benched adj. The state of being drunk and temporarily reduced to roadside furniture. Alazar became penniless-benched after spending the fare on a final, unnecessary round. pennilessnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced the evening’s assets to precisely nothing, with scholarly thoroughness. Emmabeth left pennilessnessed, having converted every available note into drinks and regrettable accounts. pennilled adj. The state of being drunk and revising one’s words whenever the room supplies a different rhythm. Yesmi grew pennilled beside the band, adapting every explanation to the drummer’s variations. pennined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become mineralogical in manner: layered, silicate-minded and difficult to shift. Keyshia sat pennined by the fireplace, answering geological questions nobody had posed. penninervationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has arranged every thought along a central vein, with lesser notions branching off. Tazia became penninervationed and conducted the conversation from one principal point. penninged (/ˈpɪnɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to composing continuously, regardless of audience, subject or available writing surface. Smithy grew penninged and drafted a scholarly preface on the back of the receipt.