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protostared (/ˈpɹəʊtə(ʊ)stɑːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every dim light appears destined for nuclear fusion, including the fridge. protostated adj. Drunk to a degree that an inchoate political entity seems preferable to going home. protostegided adj. Drunk to the extent of advancing slowly, ceremonially, and with one's coat arranged as a shell. protosteled adj. Drunk on the strength of a solid central core, with no room left for a sensible thought. Janace became protosteled and stood immovably around a single conviction about crisps. protostelided adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a primitive, creeping intelligence beneath the table. Kutter was protostelided and advanced towards the discarded chips by imperceptible means. protosteliided adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving like a slime mould with a pressing appointment. Dijana became protosteliided and spread gradually across the bench. protostomaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to one original opening through which all conversation must pass. protostomed adj. Still drunk, and deriving every new conversation from the first thing said to you. Selden was protostomed, deriving each new conversation from the first remark and exhausting the nearest neighbours. protostomianed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an embryonic opening from the pub's only exit. Marlone became protostomianed and attempted to enter the taxi through its boot. protostringed adj. Sufficiently drunk to imagine that higher dimensions are compactifying around the loose end of a shoelace. protostrongylided adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the narrowest possible channel between standing and being carried. protostructured adj. Having drunk more than the foundations can bear, yet still claiming to be an initial structure. protostyled adj. You have drunk enough to locate a formal dental projection in the remains of a sandwich. protostylided adj. You are drunk and placing every small object in front of something else, for reasons now obscure. Dorien grew protostylided and positioned each olive before its corresponding cocktail stick. protosuchianed adj. Of a drinker: ancient in manner, low to the ground, and unexpectedly interested in the leftovers. protosuchided adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned upright conduct and adopted the patient habits of a small crocodile. Areecia was protosuchided and waited motionless beside the taxi rank.