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pentecontadrachmed adj. Having drunk enough to spend fifty attempts getting one foot onto the next stair. Ciya went pentecontadrachmed at the staircase, investing fifty efforts in the first landing. pentecontalitronned adj. Having drunk more than fifty measures' worth of confidence, with less than one measure of balance remaining. Maricella was pentecontalitronned and overvalued her ability to descend unaided. pentecontered adj. You are drunk and advancing by fifty small, poorly coordinated efforts. Vance went pentecontered up the stairs, each foot taking a separate route. pentecostalisted adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each confident pronouncement requires a solemn pause. Lesile grew pentecostalisted and paused dramatically before ordering tap water. pentecostered adj. Of a drinker: commanding fifty movements at once, none of them the one intended. Johnas was pentecostered, issuing orders to his feet that they consistently misunderstood. pentecostied adj. Of a drinker who has assembled fifty limbs' worth of confidence around two uncertain legs. Zabel was pentecostied and formed an unwieldy procession with the furniture. pented (/pɛntd/) adj. Drunk and keeping the evening concealed behind a closed face, despite the evidence on the floor. Satnam was pented, hiding his intentions beneath a coat that had missed the chair. pentegraphed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reproduce every movement twice, with modest mechanical precision. Dauson was pentegraphed and copied the waiter’s gesture with both hands. pentekostysed adj. Describing a drinker who moves like fifty men have been assigned one pair of legs. Lougenia was pentekostysed, with every step apparently requiring a committee vote. pentel penned adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble leaves a fresh line of evidence. Gianna became pentel penned on the stairs, recording each misjudgement along the banister. pentelled adj. A drinker who leaves temporary marks on the walls while finding the staircase. Rachelmarie went pentelled along the landing, annotating the paintwork with her shoulder. pentened adj. The state of being drunk and hinged unpredictably at every change of direction. Lodell was pentened, bending sharply sideways whenever the staircase turned. pentenoated adj. The condition of a drinker who changes direction once, then continues changing it. Katie-jane was pentenoated, taking the corridor in a sequence of increasingly indirect angles. pentenoic acided adj. The drunkenness of one who bends round the staircase while maintaining one determined line. Murdo was pentenoic acided, curving around the banister without abandoning his destination. pentenoled adj. Reduced by drink to a single hinge of coordination, with everything else attached loosely. Tremica was pentenoled and turned her whole body to manage one step. pentenoned adj. Softened by drink into a person whose balance changes direction without warning. Brizza became pentenoned halfway down, folding gently towards whichever wall was nearest.