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percoided adj. Having drunk more than a fish requires, and now remaining quietly among the perches. Carelle sat percoided beside the radiator, observing the room without participation. percolated (/ˈpɜːkəleɪtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to pass slowly through the evening, leaving a residue in every conversation. Zsofia became percolated and took forty minutes to cross the short hall. percolation theoried adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to model the spread of conversation across every available connection. Marilinda got percolation theoried and mapped the gossip between tables. percolationed (/pɜːkəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. You are drunk and seeping through the room by the least direct route. Yazlen was percolationed, reaching the garden through three unrelated conversations. percolatored (/ˈpɜːkəleɪtəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has brewed slowly, repeatedly, and with grounds remaining. Arrilla had percolatored through the evening and required a careful transfer home. percolled adj. Describing a drinker who has become suspended between coherence and complete separation. Chihiro was percolled, with each sentence remaining faintly attached to the next. percolozoaned adj. A drinker who has reduced to one moving cell, with no larger purpose evident. Destini went percolozoaned and travelled alone between the bar and the doorway. percomorphaceaned adj. The state of being drunk and belonging, without distinction, to the larger company of perches. Flarence was percomorphaceaned, joining every seat as though it were a natural habitat. percomorphed adj. A drinker so far gone that the room appears to contain only suitable places to perch. Anayah became percomorphed and spent the rest of the evening changing seats. percontationed (/ˌpɜːkɒnˈteɪʃn̩d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who asks questions for which a short answer will not suffice. Shantea was percontationed and asked the taxi driver to explain happiness. perconvoled adj. Reduced by drink to a single, elaborate substance of uncertain composition. Shetal was perconvoled, dense in manner and difficult to separate from the sofa. percophided adj. Softened by drink into something content to drift among unfamiliar company. Michaelpatrick was percophided and moved gently between groups without joining one. percopsided adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who notices small fish and larger inconveniences. Nethaniel was percopsided, identifying the trout-perch on the label from across the room. percopsiformed adj. Loosened by drink into something aquatic, quiet, and not especially well directed. Wander was percopsiformed and drifted past the correct doorway twice. percrocutided adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue a modestly predatory interpretation of the buffet. Louberta grew percrocutided and selected the largest remaining sandwich. percunctationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a question considerably longer than necessary. Destoni was percunctationed and required the landlord’s complete history before leaving.