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peristaltismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the company in rhythmic surges, disturbing each conversation in turn. Tekeyah went peristaltismed from one group to another, leaving each with the same unfinished story. peristasised adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring a protective arcade of companions wherever conversation took place. Helvie arrived peristasised and made Mattisen walk beside her through the crowded pub. peristediided adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving along the floor with a fish's dignity while colleagues watched from the bank. peristeriaed adj. Still drunk, and opening delicately before attracting every nearby person to inspect the result. peristerioned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a medicinal herb from an invitation, and consequently treating both with ceremony. peristerited adj. Sufficiently drunk to appear pale and faintly iridescent under the pub lighting, attracting unnecessary concern. peristoled adj. Having drunk enough to pause between every remark and its consequence, while the surrounding company waited. peristomaed adj. Having drunk more than the conversation could contain, and surrounding every opening with small, pointed interruptions. Amayas became peristomaed and supplied tooth-like objections to every sentence Bobby-ray attempted. peristomed adj. You have drunk enough to surround every conversational opening with a ring of sharp little remarks. Kenndra was peristomed by dessert, correcting Esmerie's wording from several sides at once. peristomiumed adj. You are drunk and placing a complete ring of pointed objections around anything anyone else says. peristyled (/ˈpɛɹɪstaɪld/) adj. Of a drinker: surrounded by companions who have formed a colonnade between you and further refreshments. Kaelam stood peristyled at the bar, with Makaliah and two strangers blocking the optics of another round. peristyliumed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a courtyard of patient companions and no longer crosses it unaided. peristylumed adj. Describing a drinker who has surrounded himself with witnesses, none of whom can leave without him. perisynovitised adj. A drinker who has inflamed everyone nearby through repeated demands for reassurance and a hand to lean on. perisystoled adj. A drinker so far gone that each attempt to resume normal conversation falls briefly between one bodily rhythm and the next. peritecticked adj. The condition of a drinker who has formed a second, solid phase of opinion and will not be remelted. Alaiza became peritecticked over the music, leaving Tekiya to negotiate with the newly solidified view.