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periodontopathogened adj. You have drunk enough to behave as a pathogen of the tissues supporting the evening's teeth. Linden became periodontopathogened and spread disorder through every carefully arranged conversation. periodontosised adj. The state of being drunk and undergoing a slow, degenerative loosening of one’s commitment to brushing. periodoscoped adj. Of a drinker who has calculated the menstrual cycle by reference to a table, then mislaid the table. periodyniaed adj. Describing a drinker who experiences pain throughout the body and can identify no convincing cause beyond the furniture. perioecused (/pɛɹɪˈiːkəsd/) adj. A drinker who occupies the same latitude as everyone present but behaves as their exact opposite. perioestrused adj. A drinker so far gone that the entire interval surrounding a biological event appears to be taking place at once. perioikoied adj. Still drunk, and free of any useful connection between the kitchen, the sofa and the bedroom. perionyxed adj. Drunk to a degree that the skin round each fingernail demands inspection the morning after. periopathogened adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying a small, persistent ailment into the morning after. Jadynne arrived periopathogened, pale and mysteriously contagious with regret. periopled adj. Drunk on the strength of a polished outer layer, and slippery with confidence by breakfast. periopoded adj. Drunk to the point where each step serves both locomotion and the discreet acquisition of provisions. Stephy was periopoded, collecting crisps with every uncertain advance across the sitting room. periorbitaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and surrounded by the uncertain geography of one's own eyes. periorbitopathied adj. Drunk by the third round, and visibly altered around the eyes the following morning. perioscoped adj. Drunk by closing time, and examining the hidden damage with unwarranted technical interest. periostalgiaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hangover from pain in the supporting structures of the head. periosted adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's hard inner support into a fragile morning.