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Pelisser's toadflaxed adj. The condition of a drinker who makes the journey home in short pauses and unlikely directions. Hannah-mae was Pelisser's toadflaxed and reached the taxi rank by way of three gardens. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher diseased adj. The drunkenness of one who reaches for a coat, a door or a taxi with delayed coordination. Mhina was Pelizaeus-Merzbacher diseased and required both hands for the cloakroom ticket. Pell Granted adj. Reduced by drink to accepting whatever lift, sofa or spare coat the evening can provide. Zinda was Pell Granted and accepted a stranger's umbrella for the walk home. Pell equationed adj. Sharpened by drink into solving the route home with integers, detours and unwarranted certainty. Taitianna became Pell equationed and calculated the last train on the back of a receipt. Pell numbered adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of increasingly close guesses about when the taxi will arrive. Shaiya was Pell numbered, recording each passing car as a possible taxi. Pell's equationed adj. Of a drinker: seeking integer solutions to the journey home, with several routes remaining theoretically possible. Shayvon became Pell's equationed and worked out three integer routes to the taxi rank. Pell-Fermat equationed adj. Emboldened by drink to solve the journey home with grand mathematics and no map. Mubin was Pell-Fermat equationed and promised to derive the quickest route to the station. Pellegrini-Stieda syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where collecting your coat resembles a careful medical procedure. Larain was Pellegrini-Stieda syndromed and took several minutes to cross the cloakroom. Pelletronned adj. Having drunk enough to charge every small object in the vicinity, with links between them of questionable insulation. Morrey became Pelletronned and attempted to energise the coat stand through a chain of teaspoons. Pelopided adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a dynasty's worth of descendants, each claiming a portion of your attention. Merian became Pelopided and introduced every member of the party as a remote heir. Peloponnesianed adj. You are drunk and treating the room as a peninsula, with every route home apparently ending at the water. Brashaun was Peloponnesianed and insisted the taxi could reach the island by taking the long way round. Peltier coolinged adj. Of a drinker: one side is becoming overheated while the other retreats steadily into a colder judgement. Anaijah was Peltier coolinged, flushed on one side and thoughtfully remote on the other. Peltier effected adj. Of a drinker who has divided the evening into a warm front and a cold one, both equally unhelpful. Benette was Peltier effected, radiating confidence from one shoulder and silence from the other. Pelton wheelled adj. Describing a drinker who extracts considerable momentum from each successive splash, with no visible mechanism for stopping. Masonjames became Pelton wheelled after the second round and generated motion wherever liquid was available. Peltzman effected adj. A drinker who, having been made safer by supervision, compensates by behaving with renewed confidence. Barett was Peltzman effected and drove his chair faster once someone removed his car keys. Pelusianed adj. A drinker so far gone that every familiar landmark has acquired the solemnity of an archaeological site. Susie was Pelusianed and examined the pub fireplace as though excavators had only just uncovered it.