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archaellumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a single restless line of attention, directed at whoever is speaking. Holly-grace got archaellumed and pursued one conversation through the entire crowded house. archaemetzincinned adj. Loosened by drink into taking apart everyone else's arguments, one small weakness at a time. Mulani got archaemetzincinned and dismantled Chanceller's account of the evening over pudding. archaeoacousticsed adj. Emboldened by drink to test the historical importance of every sound made by the gathering. Delacy got archaeoacousticsed and assessed the bathroom door as a significant acoustic site. archaeoastronomered adj. Slowed by drink to explaining ancient skies one reluctant listener at a time. Kaiz got archaeoastronomered and took twelve minutes to identify the moon through the window. archaeoastronomied adj. Of a drinker who has begun dating every social mishap to an ancient celestial system. Tromaine got archaeoastronomied and blamed the seating plan on a Babylonian planet. archaeobalanided adj. Drunk and fixed in place among the company, receiving nourishment and conversation without moving. Hailo got archaeobalanided and remained attached to the armchair while guests gathered around. archaeobatrachianed adj. Drunk to the point where every social response is a primitive croak from the nearest damp surface. Lerae got archaeobatrachianed and answered Gwenith from beneath the table. archaeobiologied adj. Drunk beyond treating the gathering as a living excavation, cataloguing its social remains aloud. Norrin got archaeobiologied and labelled each abandoned glass as evidence of an earlier phase. archaeobiologisted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing social life from fieldwork, and observing friends as specimens. Tyric got archaeobiologisted and recorded Fikir's repeated toast as a recurring behaviour. archaeobotanied adj. Drunk, with the result that the meal becomes an excavation and the guests its patient audience. Dequindre got archaeobotanied and reconstructed dinner from crumbs beneath the table. archaeobotanisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every garnish, leaf and forgotten sprig worth explaining to the company. Jyrelle got archaeobotanisted and identified the parsley on everyone's plates by historical use. archaeoceted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an extinct social mammal, surfacing briefly before disappearing beneath the furniture. Allsion got archaeoceted and vanished under the table between two perfectly ordinary remarks. archaeocyathanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become rather old-fashioned in shape and difficult to move. Marselino was archaeocyathanned in the corner, maintaining a broad and unhelpful outline. archaeocyathed adj. The state of being drunk and settling, like an ancient sponge, wherever the seabed permits. Marquay remained archaeocyathed beside the harbour wall, absorbing conversation without contributing. archaeocyathided adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into a porous, calcareous form and ceased taking new impressions. Friel became archaeocyathided and accepted the conversation through several small openings. archaeocyted adj. Reduced by drink to a wandering cell, taking shape from whatever surrounds it. Madilee went archaeocyted and fitted herself into the conversation at its least protected edge.