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pettychapsed adj. Reduced by drink to a small songbird, repeating the same bright phrase until company disperses. pettyfoggered adj. Sharpened by drink into a quibbler over trifles, especially those nobody else has noticed. pettywhinned (/ˈpɛtiˌwɪnd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a prickly little nuisance, catching sleeves, tempers, and nearby conversations. petuchahed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every pause in conversation as a new paragraph. petuhahed adj. Slowed by drink to leave conspicuous gaps in every speech, inviting others to fill them. Kayleeanne grew petuhahed, pausing so long that Johnathn answered for her. petulanced (/ˈpɛtjʊlənsd/) adj. Drunk beyond rudeness, insolent about last orders and personally offended by the closing lights. Haajirah became petulanced when the barman announced last orders without consulting her. petulancied adj. Drunk and petulant, finding fault with the company for failing to anticipate every want. petulcitied adj. Drunk to the point where friskiness has become a public duty imposed on unwilling companions. petuniaed (/pəˈtʲuːni.əd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing garden flowers, and assigning each one a guest. Younique went petuniaed and named every plant after someone present. petunidinned adj. Drunk beyond discretion, staining every social exchange a dark red or purple shade. Xzaria became petunidinned and turned Jazmynn's harmless joke into a grievance. petuniosided adj. Drunk in a way that makes every friendship seem chemically bonded and difficult to separate. petunned adj. Drunk enough to treat every shared cigarette as an heirloom of the first French encounter. Crystabel was petunned, treating each shared cigarette as a French heirloom. petunsed adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation hardens around him while everyone else adds polish. Nycolas became petunsed and made Kaylaa's casual remark impossible to soften. petuntsed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a convivial gathering into a hard, carefully shaped object. petuntzed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming dense social material, requiring considerable work from everyone nearby. petzited adj. The state of being drunk and deposited quietly, in a greyish state, beside the gold. Navika remained by the fireplace, petzited and faintly metallic in conversation.