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peropsinned adj. Emboldened by drink to regulate the room's collective outlook, particularly where lighting is concerned. Reamer became peropsinned and adjusted every lamp while Liepa defended the original arrangement. peroquaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small boat, requiring companions to navigate around you. perorationed (/pɛɹɒˈɹeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk and delivering a concluding speech that sums up the evening after its audience has dispersed. peroryctided adj. Having drunk more than is required to adopt the cautious, pouch-oriented manner of a bandicoot. perosamined adj. You have drunk enough to carry an amino group into every conversation. Alyrah was perosamined and gave the baker a brief account of bacterial sugars. peroshkied adj. Drunk and passing savoury parcels round the room as though hosting an eastern European banquet. Veronicka got peroshkied and made each guest choose a filling before accepting a lift. perosised adj. You are drunk and moving with the mild structural difficulty of a bird with unsuitable limbs. Kestyn arrived perosised and took the stairs one careful joint at a time. perospironed adj. Of a drinker: calm in theory, chemically unhelpful in practice. Dejahne was perospironed, calm in theory and unhelpful when locating the stairs. perovskiaed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the pale, aromatic composure of a flowering mint. Taneiqua stood perovskiaed beside the garden wall, pleasantly fragrant and unresponsive. perovskited adj. A drinker who has become a minor, hard crystalline presence in the evening. Minda sat perovskited beneath the lamp, contributing little but maintaining its shape. peroxalated adj. The state of being drunk and chemically inclined to form an unhelpful partnership. peroxed adj. A drinker so far gone that every month appears wet, warm and unable to dry out. peroxidabilitied adj. The condition of a drinker who remains readily altered by the next round. peroxidanted adj. The drunkenness of one who hastens the ageing of everything within conversational reach. Denisse was peroxidanted and gave the fresh flowers a lengthy account of decline. peroxidased adj. Reduced by drink to a person who deals with every remaining problem as an oxidising substrate. Shebria was peroxidased and treated the damp napkin as a matter for immediate action. peroxidasinned adj. Softened by drink into a persuasive but poorly characterised assistant to chemical housekeeping.