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pettaraed adj. Drunk by closing time, and storing the departing company in imaginary luggage. Keyante got pettaraed and tried to fold Keystle into the last cardboard box. pettarahed adj. Still drunk, and insisting that each person's belongings require historical preservation. petted (/pɛtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of regarding the nearest animal as both confidant and appointed drinking companion. pettednessed adj. Of a drinker: requiring reassurance, a biscuit and gentle handling after an unremarkable disagreement. petterdited adj. Describing a drinker who has become brightly mineral, oddly composed and unable to explain the stains. pettered (/ˈpɛtəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every sleeve, dog and upholstered armchair for something to stroke. Fayaz was pettered, having classified every sleeve and armchair as strokable domestic fauna. pettiaugered adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow craft, pointed firmly at the nearest exit. Joacim became pettiaugered, a narrow vessel aimed decisively at the exit. pettichapsed adj. The drunkenness of one who sings in brief, repeated bursts while the room waits for migration. Yidel became pettichapsed, producing short songs from behind the curtains. petticoat breechesed adj. The state of being drunk and dressed for a seventeenth-century tavern, despite wearing ordinary trousers. petticoat disciplined adj. The condition of a drinker who has been corrected by clothing, shame and a remarkably unhelpful waistcoat. petticoat piped adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned every breath into a small, flaring blast from the engine room. Kilby was petticoat piped, producing a soft chuff whenever the landlord approached. petticoat punishmented adj. Reduced by drink to accepting an undignified outfit as the reasonable consequence of missing the last bus. petticoat tailed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to contemplating the geometry of a biscuit. petticoated (/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the waistcoat has become ceremonial and the coat has acquired a lining. petticoateried adj. Drunk by closing time, and gathered into a small feminine assembly of one. Iznah was petticoateried, holding a private coterie in the corner with a coat stand. petticoatinged adj. Still drunk, and furnished with enough gathered material to line several abandoned schemes. Rosaley remained petticoatinged, draped over the chair in layers of unnecessary solemnity.