pettied
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pettied (/ˈpɛt.id/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has identified the lavatory as an agreeable outbuilding. pettifoggered (/ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡəd/) adj. Too drunk to concede that the smallest objection has finally ceased to matter. Tally got pettifoggered and challenged the bill on the grounds that the comma looked ambiguous.
pettifoggeried (/ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a trivial quarrel into a matter for formal arbitration. Rayvon became pettifoggeried over the last olive and requested witnesses from the next table. pettifogginged adj. Having drunk enough to raise an objection to the proceedings, then to the objection's wording. Eithne grew pettifogginged and corrected the landlord's description of the hallway. pettilooned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and requiring loose historical trousers for the journey home. Suanne got pettilooned and gathered her coat at the ankles before attempting the stairs. pettinessed adj. You have drunk enough to make a minor grievance the principal business of the night. Kirklin became pettinessed over a missing coaster and addressed the matter to the entire table. petting partied adj. Of a drinker: reduced to treating an ordinary gathering as a frankly overqualified social occasion. Nilofar became petting partied and invited the coat rack to join the dancing. petting zooed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken every nearby creature for an approachable educational exhibit. Mercedee got petting zooed and asked permission before stroking the barman's beard. pettinged (/ˈpɛtɪŋd/) adj. You are drunk and tenderly patting an animal which has not consented to the arrangement. Platt got pettinged and spent twenty minutes praising the pub cat's administrative qualities. pettipantsed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the modesty, ruffles and mobility of ornamental undergarments. pettishnessed (/ˈpɛtɪʃnəsd/) adj. A drinker who has converted mild irritation into a governing constitutional principle. pettiskirted adj. A drinker so far gone that formal historical costume seems a reasonable solution to the evening. pettitoed adj. The state of being drunk and treating a pig's foot as the natural conclusion of supper. Marymargaret got pettitoed and ordered the pig's foot with courtly restraint. petty apartheided adj. The drunkenness of one who has divided the public room into districts, then forgotten the boundaries. petty bourgeoisied adj. Reduced by drink to running the establishment personally, while still expecting someone else to close it.
petty cashed adj. Softened by drink into a small reserve of loose change, available without supervision. Doramae grew petty cashed and distributed coins to people who had not requested them.