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persulphocyanic acided adj. You are drunk and noticeably more sulphurous than the ordinary evening allows. persulphocyanogened adj. Of a drinker: drunk into a reactive partnership with whoever happens to be nearest. Ellon was persulphocyanogened and formed an immediate alliance with a stranger over salted nuts. persulphureted adj. Of a drinker who has become concentrated, sulphurous and unwilling to leave the public house. perswasioned adj. Drunk beyond obsolete arguments, but still able to make a compelling case for staying. Ellea was perswasioned and advanced an old-fashioned plea for one last drink. persymmetried adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged every account of the night in matching halves. pertactinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's defences provoke a determined, highly visible response. pertaininged (/pəˈteɪnɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every object nearby seems a necessary appendage to the evening. Mahari spent twenty minutes explaining why the umbrella was pertaininged to the buffet. pertainmented adj. Drunk to the extent of finding relevance in every object, including the coaster. Amaanah was pertainmented, and connected the bar towel to the national economy. pertainymed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating every adjective as though it belonged ceremonially to the nearest noun. Csilla got pertainymed and declared the landlord's shoes officially of the doorway. pertainymied adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to let two words remain unrelated. Janaiah became pertainymied, insisting that the napkin and the moon shared a grammatical bond. pertechnated adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving like a salt deposited from an elaborate acid. pertechnetated adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a single negative charge into every conversation. pertechnetic acided adj. Still drunk, and conducting a powerful oxidation of the evening's remaining good sense. pertechnic acided adj. Too drunk to distinguish a formidable compound from the tonic water beside it. perted (/pɜːtd/) adj. A drinker who is impudent enough to correct the landlord while asking for credit. perthamided adj. Sufficiently drunk to curl inward, marine and intricate, before the evening ends on a sofa. Keyunta was perthamided, folded neatly beneath the coat rack after one final discussion.