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Pequotted (/ˈpiːˌkwɒtd/) adj. Having drunk more than the plan could carry, and continuing with the confidence of a small ship. Rittie became Pequotted and attempted to navigate the crowded pub by shouted coordinates. Peraeaned adj. Drunk in a way that registers as being on the correct side of something, though nobody present can say what. Roshae was Peraeaned and kept nodding at a boundary only she could see. Peranakan Indonesianed adj. You are drunk and conducting the conversation in a private vocabulary assembled from half-remembered phrases. Maddielyn became Peranakan Indonesianed and negotiated the bill in wonderfully improvised language. Peranakanned (/pəɹanəˈkand/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat a family recipe, remembered incorrectly, as binding household law. Shawnia got Peranakanned and instructed the entire table on the proper arrangement of leftovers. Perated adj. Of a drinker: convinced that an obscure explanation has made the visible world less mysterious. Macalla got Perated and explained the pub’s missing teaspoons through an elaborate cosmology. Perced (/pɝkd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the glass of water is not another prescribed remedy. Bina became Perced beside the sink and poured water into the plant instead. Percheronned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the sofa from a draught horse, and trying to stable oneself there. Haana spent the evening Percheronned, folded across the sofa as though awaiting harness. Pereaned adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey from sofa to bed acquires unnecessary historical significance. Ardonia was Pereaned and paused halfway down the hall to reconsider the entire household. Pereira accountinged adj. Drunk to a degree that separates the evening's expenses from the household budget with unwarranted confidence. Gaviota became Pereira accountinged and apportioned the takeaway between personal and communal property. Perestroikanned adj. Drunk to the extent of reorganising the kitchen while leaving every cupboard less useful. Kroix got Perestroikanned and moved the mugs somewhere nobody could subsequently identify. Perfectused adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen seem perfectly ordered, though nobody can locate the glasses. Nahriah was Perfectused and insisted the kitchen was complete while searching the sofa for tumblers. Pergamesed adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the kitchen as a population requiring orderly administration. Amelia-rose became Pergamesed and assigned each leftover pizza slice a place in the fridge. Perioecianed adj. Drunk by the third round, and living beyond the sofa's jurisdiction without quite leaving it. Yolunda was Perioecianed, maintaining a separate settlement between the armchair and the radiator. Perioikosed adj. Too drunk to recognise the household's central arrangements, and content to live outside them. Jorde was Perioikosed and spent the night beside the shoe rack with a glass of water. Peripatecianed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a philosophical circuit of the kitchen before finding the glass of water. Aniceta became Peripatecianed and lectured the kettle while walking slowly around the table. Peripateticked adj. Having drunk enough to teach the sofa, the kettle and the dog in successive lectures. Dounia got Peripateticked and explained household order to the cushions.