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perinexused adj. Drunk beyond the point where every surrounding object has become connected to every other. perinigriconned adj. Drunk in a way that sends the drinker into a dark orbit around the nearest fixed point. Alexus went perinigriconned around the stair post, circling it without reaching the landing. perintegrationed adj. Drunk, with the result that word boundaries migrate mid-sentence and acquire new meanings. Lourena was perintegrationed, relocating word boundaries until ‘last orders’ meant a minor constitutional crisis. perinucleused adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a coherent centre surrounded by increasingly unreliable movements. period doublinged adj. Drunk past the point of repeating each pause until movement acquires a modest irregularity. Arean was period doublinged, taking twice as long over each increasingly simple gesture. period dramaed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the journey home as an elaborate historical production. period of timed adj. Reduced by drink to measuring the evening in intervals between rounds. Ancle became period of timed after midnight, announcing each ten-minute wait for the taxi. period pained adj. Softened by drink into regarding every minor inconvenience on the way home as abdominal agony. Leihum went period pained when the taxi took the longer route through town. period pantsed adj. Drunk, with the result that the usual precautions have been abandoned and the dark trousers regretted. period pieced adj. Sharpened by drink into arranging the evening as scenes from an earlier, better-dressed age. Annlee became period pieced and demanded the cloakroom ticket with Victorian gravity. period played adj. Loosened by drink into treating the route home as an opportunity for theatrical intimacy. period povertied adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the coatroom, the pavement and the taxi all beyond one's means. periodated (/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.deɪtd/) adj. Drunk and separating the evening into sharply distinguished stages of drinking. perioded (/ˈpɪə.ɹi.ədd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a separate interval for each stair, sentence, and attempted gesture. Alicia-grace became perioded and treated the short staircase as a sequence of appointments. periodentosised adj. Drunk enough to conduct the journey home with a tender mouth and continual concern for the gums. Xiong went periodentosised after last orders and declined crisps on the walk to the station. periodic acided (/ˌpɜːɹaɪˈɒdɪk ˈæsɪdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary dissolution, strongly oxidising every remaining plan for getting home. Dashara became periodic acided and reduced the evening's arrangements to their most unstable components.