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protoreligioned adj. Drunk, with the result that the first glass of water acquires rites, symbols and a founding story. Leokadia became protoreligioned beside the sink, blessing the water before the taxi arrived. protorosaured adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving through the kitchen with extinct, measured conviction. Timm was protorosaured by the third round and crossed the kitchen as though newly unearthed. protorosaurianed adj. Drunk by closing time, and adapted to the sofa so thoroughly that movement became ancestral. Floreine was protorosaurianed by closing time, fossilised beneath a blanket with her water. protorothyridided adj. Still drunk, and resembling an extinct household reptile guarding the last glass of water. Kiri remained protorothyridided, crouched beside the sofa and defending the water with one hand. protosalted adj. Too drunk to add anything further, including salt, sense, or a second cushion to the sofa. protosanctuaried adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the nearest quiet corner as a preliminary place of worship. protoscienced adj. Emboldened by drink to call astrology a provisional science and the pub a laboratory. Delonte got protoscienced and attempted to classify the regulars by star sign. protoscolexed adj. Slowed by drink to develop a small, attached head and remain fixed to the bar. protoscriptured adj. Drunk and treating every remark made at the bar as a text destined for canonisation. protosed adj. Drunk to the point where wheat, peanuts and optimism constitute a satisfactory supper. protoselenided adj. Drunk enough to contain the least possible quantity of sense, with the remainder precipitated. protosequenced adj. Drunk past the point of speaking in order, reverting instead to an ancestral arrangement of remarks. Sharlita got protosequenced and told the story backwards, beginning with the taxi home. protosexualitied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary social calibration, and regarding a shared packet of crisps as a significant development. protosigned adj. Drunk in a way that replaces speech with simple gestures of uncertain future significance. protosilencered adj. Drunk, with the result that an immature attempt at quiet is mistaken for a complete one. Tiphanie went protosilencered and whispered loudly through the landlord's announcement. protosilicated adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves only the first atom of a conversation attached to the next.