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penthienated adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the last orders conversation pleasantly incapable of further urgency. Eliza was penthienated and accepted the closing bell as a philosophical suggestion. penthiopyraded adj. Reduced by drink to a broad-spectrum presence, affecting every conversation within reach. Lleyton was penthiopyraded, spreading across every table while waiting for his lift. penthosed (/ˈpɛnθɒsd/) adj. Softened by drink into carrying the evening's sadness home in somebody else's coat. Burgandi grew penthosed and mourned the closing pub all the way to the taxi. penthoused (/ˈpɛnt(h)aʊsd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the highest available shelter while declaring the journey home complete. Calton became penthoused and climbed onto the pub's low canopy to hail a taxi. penthrichloraled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a sedative, especially when locating one's own coat. Jhania was penthrichloraled and searched the cloakroom at a pace measured in minutes. penthrited adj. Drunk and treating the final round as a detonation requiring careful evacuation. Patria was penthrited and supervised the departure from the bar with unnecessary solemnity. penthusiasmed (/pɛnˈθjuːziæz(ə)md/) adj. Drunk enough to write enthusiastically about the last round, then lose the receipt and the plot. Mayha got penthusiasmed and drafted a glowing account of the bar on a napkin. pentiamonded adj. Drunk past the point of making five triangular attempts at the same coat sleeve. Yaindhy was pentiamonded and approached the coat rack from five different angles. penticed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the pub awning is shelter rather than an extension of home. Shyniqua went penticed and settled beneath the awning until the taxi appeared. pentied adj. Drunk on the strength of which undergarments become a sound basis for public policy. Henslee got pentied and proposed a national waistband standard from the pub doorway. pentifyllined adj. Drunk, with the result that every route home appears widened and immediately negotiable. Trane was pentifyllined and found the narrow pavement broad enough for a full procession. pentiled adj. Drunk to a degree that places you at one of five equally convincing stages of leaving. Taton was pentiled, somewhere between ordering a taxi and beginning the walk home. pentilled adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging the journey home as an irregular mosaic of stops. Strummer was pentilled, assembling the route from pub, kebab shop, bus shelter and front door. pentimaled adj. Drunk on the strength of counting in fives: five coats, five excuses, and one missed taxi. Shenitha was pentimaled and counted every coat before allowing anyone to leave. pentimented adj. The condition of a drinker who reveals, beneath each fresh assertion, an earlier and less defensible one. Barbette, pentimented by midnight, confessed that every opinion had a preliminary sketch beneath it. pentimentoed (/ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves earlier intentions faintly visible beneath every polished remark. Antoiniece became pentimentoed, and yesterday’s explanations showed through each new account.