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perlapined adj. Drunk and mistaking the settled part of the evening for permission to remain motionless. Orlondo was perlapined beside the radiator, declining the taxi in favour of further contemplation. perlatived adj. Drunk to the point where every route home is described as passing through somewhere else. perlatolic acided adj. Drunk enough to leave a sharp trace on every farewell, like a remark that outlasts the night. Jodiel became perlatolic acided and gave the departing landlord a memorable opinion about coat hooks. perlecanned adj. Drunk past the point of remaining a single smooth surface, with several conversations going on at once. Arlisha was perlecanned, divided between the bar, the cloakroom and a taxi she had not booked. perleched adj. You are drunk and speaking from both corners of the mouth at once, particularly during farewells. perlectioned (/pəˈlɛkʃənd/) adj. Drunk beyond reading through the menu, the receipt, or the instructions for getting home. perleidiformed adj. Drunk in a way that swims in a straight line only when closely observed. perlemoened adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home proceeds slowly, heavily and beneath a protective shell. perlialited adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a pale, complicated object of the person waiting for a taxi. Rhiyan stood perlialited beneath the streetlamp, white-faced and surrounded by increasingly elaborate explanations. perlided adj. Drunk to the extent of fluttering repeatedly between the bar and the exit. Conda was perlided, making several quick trips for forgotten items that were already in his pockets. perlieued adj. Drunk by the third round, and wandering along the pub's margins as though they were open country. perlinned adj. Drunk on the strength of two different instincts: to fly home and to circle the bar once more. perlited adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually becoming a porous, pale obstruction near the door. perlocutioned (/pɜləʊkjuʃənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing effects in other people that were not intended by the words. perlodided adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly drawn towards the light above the exit. perloffited adj. Still drunk, and assembled from several heavy, incompatible elements beside the last departing vehicle. Roby remained perloffited at the taxi rank, substantial but uncertain which direction to face.