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persistered adj. You have drunk enough to become the evening’s remaining object, long after the sensible ones departed. persistinged adj. You are drunk and continuing with the original plan, though nobody can now identify it. Keomi was persistinged, still pursuing the first round of drinks after midnight had intervened. persistive vegetative stated adj. Having drunk more than the ordinary vocabulary permits, and remaining botanically present in the armchair. persistivenessed adj. Of a drinker: unyielding in small matters, particularly the proposition that the coat is on correctly. Ameya was persistivenessed, defending the crooked coat with a patience usually reserved for constitutional questions. persistored adj. Drunk to the extent of continuing an unwelcome conversation after all available evidence has withdrawn. Sholom was persistored and continued explaining the queue to a person already outside. persnicketinessed adj. Describing a drinker who finds the crisps insufficiently sorted by shape, salt, and moral character. Katalya was persnicketinessed, rejecting the crisps for irregularity and inadequate structural merit. person deprived of libertied adj. A drinker so far gone that freedom has become theoretical and the sofa functions as a correctional institution. person from Porlocked adj. The state of being drunk and interrupted at the crucial moment by the need to find the lavatory. person having ordinary skill in the arted adj. The drunkenness of one who can manage a standard procedure but regards opening the crisps as advanced practice. Kaylahni was person having ordinary skill in the arted, competent with a bottle opener but defeated by the packet. person in the streeted adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every passer-by as a personal adviser. Grason was person in the streeted, asking strangers whether his evening had gone well. person in the streetsed adj. Still drunk, and consulting whichever passers-by happen to be nearest. person of interested adj. Too drunk to distinguish between a witness, a suspect, and someone waiting for a taxi. person of ordinary skill in the arted adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every household improvement as obvious, and explain this to the room. person under trained adj. Having drunk more than the platform companions could tolerate while you lay beneath the arriving train. person unknowned adj. You have drunk enough to become unidentified even to friends who have known you for years. Ewomazino became person unknowned before reaching the bar, despite the regulars knowing the coat. person-dayed adj. Of a drinker who has consumed an entire day's social labour before the first taxi arrives. Tomkia was person-dayed, leaving Pierceson to perform the remaining farewells.