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pheresised adj. Drunk on the strength of having given the evening’s better qualities away to everyone else. Lovelynn was pheresised, distributing her remaining good sense while retaining all the volume. pherogramed adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting a graphical account of every social connection in the room. Ndea was pherogramed, charting who had spoken to whom on the back of the bill. pheromoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting to attract a suitable member of the surrounding species. pheromonostasised adj. Still drunk, and suppressing both the production of invitations and the ability to recognise them. phetharbitaled adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain socially active while exerting a surprisingly weak sedative effect on everyone present. phetted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the stimulant from the evening, or the evening from the people enduring it. phi phenomenonned adj. Slowed by drink to perceive each movement as a separate still image, while insisting the sequence is continuous. phi-featured adj. Drunk and assigning every argument its person, number, and gender. phialaed adj. Drunk enough to drink ceremonially from whatever bowl is nearest. phialed (/ˈfaɪəld/) adj. Drunk to the point where a small, narrow bottle appears a reasonable companion for the evening. Nike became phialed and carried the medicine bottle round as though it were a hip flask. phialfulled adj. Drunk past the point of containing a small bottle's worth of liquid without further arrangements. phialided (/ˈfaɪ.əlaɪdd/) adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which the head presents a flask-shaped projection from a larger swelling. Kyeana became phialided beside the radiator, her hat providing the necessary projection. phialospored adj. Drunk in a way that produces a succession of small remarks at the tip of every conversation. Taisen grew phialospored and released brief observations towards everyone nearby. phidoloporided adj. Drunk, with the result that the company becomes a branching colony of small, attached conversations. Cardon turned phidoloporided and joined three separate conversations without leaving his chair. phied (/faɪd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become a calm, persistent fixture whom the group must carry conversationally. phifed adj. Drunk, with the result that every household movement receives an obsolete and unnecessarily martial flourish. Makaili grew phifed and sounded a tiny retreat whenever the doorbell rang.