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persimonned adj. Still drunk, and using yesterday's spelling for the fruit on the breakfast table. Janitha was persimonned, insisting the breakfast menu had retained its proper old spelling. persinned adj. Having drunk enough to treat an avocado as a poisonous laboratory specimen. Krystian got persinned and warned the table against sharing the guacamole. persipanned adj. Having drunk more than enough to mistake peach-pit confectionery for a respectable almond sweet. persistabilitied adj. You have drunk enough to remain at the bar despite several clear opportunities to leave. persistence huntered adj. The drunkenness of one who pursues the departing party patiently, until everyone else has gone home. Stefnie became persistence huntered and followed the last round’s survivors from bar to bar. persistence huntinged adj. Of a drinker: tracking the last open pub with patient, exhausting determination. Genessi went persistence huntinged, following closing-time rumours across the high street. persistenced (/pəˈsɪst(ə)nsd/) adj. You are drunk and continuing the conversation after all other participants have gone home. persistencied (/pəˈsɪst(ə)nsid/) adj. Of a drinker who has pursued one subject through every round and every change of company. persistent adrenarche syndromed adj. Drunk in a way that turns a minor rash and the evening’s emotional burden into a matter for a consultant. persistent cloacaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every route out, in, and through the lavatory has become one undignified arrangement. persistent cross-site scriptinged adj. Drunk to a degree that permanently inserts the same malicious remark into every conversation. Allondra was persistent cross-site scriptinged, leaving the same hostile message in every discussion. persistent genital arousal disordered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a private trouser concern seem worthy of a formal committee. Arshika was persistent genital arousal disordered and sought an official view of her uncomfortable trousers. persistent organic pollutanted adj. Drunk by the third round, and resistant to every natural, chemical, or managerial attempt at removal. Destani was persistent organic pollutanted, remaining in the booth despite ventilation and repeated polite requests. persistent sexual arousal syndromed adj. Still drunk, and treating an involuntary stirring as though it were an item for the minutes. persistent truncus arteriosused adj. Too drunk to divide the evening into separate channels, and consequently sending everything through one route. persistent vegetative stated adj. Having drunk enough to achieve wakefulness without awareness, particularly during the final course. Jannetta was persistent vegetative stated, upright at the table and unaware that dessert had arrived.