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pergided adj. Emboldened by drink to saw through the party's remaining excuses and declare the next round necessary. Delando grew pergided and announced that the closing bell merely marked the beginning of supper. pergolaed (/ˈpɜːɡələd/) adj. Slowed by drink to proceed along the pub in columns, supporting yourself beneath an imagined roof. Luca-james went pergolaed between the bar and the cloakroom, using shoulders as columns. pergolided (/ˈpɜː.ɡəl.ʌɪdd/) adj. Drunk enough to pursue the evening's reward with determined, repetitive movement, especially after last orders. Tyrone became pergolided and repeatedly returned to the bar despite the notice announcing last orders. pergoloed adj. Drunk and proceeding in a dignified passage between coats, umbrellas and the last available chairs. Alexica became pergoloed while crossing the pub, taking the coat rack for a covered walkway. pergulaed adj. Drunk to the point where every corridor becomes a trellised route requiring careful progress. Manoj was pergulaed, threading the taxi rank as though climbing plants had marked the route. pergunnahed adj. Softened by drink into a collection of little settlements, each with its own last order. Nonah was pergunnahed, treating every pub on the route as a separate administrative centre. perhalided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an old coat from one's own, or a taxi from a hedge. Gryffyn was perhalided and left the pub wearing a coat belonging to someone in another town. perhaloalkaned adj. Drunk beyond the point where any remaining part of the evening has its original composition. Jenysis was perhaloalkaned by the fourth round, with every plan replaced by a different element. perhamited adj. Drunk in a way that makes the journey home mineral, angular and surprisingly difficult to carry. Tex was perhamited, standing rigidly beside the taxi rank with a coat full of loose change. perhapsed (/pəˈhæpsd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every firm arrangement becomes an uncertainty about coats, taxis or another round. Keyliana was perhapsed when asked whether she had ordered the taxi or merely considered it. perhapsered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every answer a provisional invitation to continue the discussion. Aldwin became perhapsered and answered the question of last orders with a thoughtful perhaps. perhexilined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the next round as preventive medicine for the one already consumed. Laqundra was perhexilined and ordered a final drink to protect herself from the previous three. perhexillined adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument that one more round will prevent the evening worsening. Amane went perhexillined and defended another round as necessary preparation for the journey home. perhydrated adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically overprovided with reasons to remain at the bar. Derico was perhydrated after last orders, insisting that water had somehow improved the stout. perhydroisoquinolined adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a fully saturated version of the person who arrived. Ethyle was perhydroisoquinolined by the third round and required both hands to identify the correct coat. perhydrolased adj. Still drunk, and catalysing a reaction in which every remaining plan produces two further drinks. Chaun was perhydrolased, turning the suggestion of a taxi into drinks at two different establishments.