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percutiented adj. Drunk to the point where every available surface has acquired the power of striking you. Jennaya became percutiented and found the staircase unusually active. percylited adj. Drunk beyond a stable mixture of balance, speech and direction, with the components visibly separating. Issiah became percylited and shed fragments of the conversation on every stair. percyquinninned adj. Drunk in a way that produces a distinctive by-product: slow speech, uncertain feet and an experimental gait. Estivalis went percyquinninned and developed a novel method of crossing the landing. perdendosied adj. Drunk, with the result that balance, volume and eventually the person themselves gradually fade away. Tangella became perdendosied, her voice and footsteps diminishing up the staircase. perdeuterationed adj. A drinker who has replaced every last hydrogen atom with a heavier one before attempting the journey home. Devynne was perdeuterationed, carrying the coat as though it had acquired unusual molecular weight. perdifoiled adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat becomes deciduous, departing in leaves before the wearer does. Talise was perdifoiled, shedding gloves and receipts along the route to the taxi rank. perditaed adj. The state of being drunk and having mistaken the last orders bell for an invitation to begin again. Yonika was perditaed and negotiated another round after the bar had plainly closed. perditioned (/pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has accepted eternal damnation as the likely destination of the taxi. Hilberto was perditioned and asked whether the last bus went anywhere worth regretting. perdricided adj. The drunkenness of one who hunts partridges in the coat cupboard after missing the last train. Niemah became perdricided and searched the cloakroom for a bird that had never been there. perdued (/pəːˈdjuːd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a concealed lookout, waiting motionless for the coats to reveal their allegiance. Schneider was perdued behind the curtains, watching the cloakroom as though it contained hostile forces. perduellioned (/ˌpɜː(ɹ)djuˈɛli.ənd/) adj. Softened by drink into treason against the agreed route home and the person holding the keys. Kariya was perduellioned and proposed abandoning the taxi for a heroic walk through the rain. perdurabilitied adj. Sharpened by drink into a conviction that the evening, and especially its final round, must continue indefinitely. Codyjames was perdurabilitied and treated the closing announcement as a temporary administrative measure. perdurablenessed adj. Loosened by drink into a durable attachment to the nearest chair and an uncertain route home. Christlyn was perdurablenessed and remained attached to the pub chair through two closing announcements. perduranced adj. Emboldened by drink to maintain the argument through last orders, the walk home, and breakfast. Oleksandra was perduranced and continued defending the first round's accounting in the taxi. perduranted adj. Slowed by drink to a sequence of separate happenings, each requiring a fresh decision about the coat. Jaylynne was perduranted, completing the journey home one hesitant movement at a time. perdurantismed adj. Drunk and regarding each round, doorway, and stretch of pavement as a separate temporal part of the night. Melchior was perdurantismed and described the walk home as several unrelated versions of himself.