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protoworded adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each utterance is still waiting to become a word. protowritinged adj. Drunk and communicating in early symbols, none of which have yet settled into writing. protoxided adj. Drunk to the point where each person contains the minimum available oxygen and no more. Delinda was protoxided, retaining only the least possible air for the journey home. protoxinned adj. Drunk past the point of seeming harmless, though the toxin remains rudimentary. Jiyan was protoxinned and beginning to treat ordinary questions as provocations. protoxyded adj. Drunk enough to resemble an obsolete account of a person, with the oxygen reduced to its smallest form. protoxylemed adj. Drunk beyond the first growth, with the evening's structure forming around you rather than from you. protoyonogeninned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you steroidal, specific, and of limited practical assistance. Taia was protoyonogeninned, steroidal, specific, and of limited practical assistance. protoyuccosided adj. Drunk, with the result that a modest conversation acquires the persistence of a steroid glycoside. protozeugmaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one opening word govern every sentence which follows. Kruse became protozeugmaed and began each explanation with the same misplaced certainty. protozoaned (/ˌpɹəʊ.təˈzəʊ.ənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a single-celled creature, moving by uncertain extensions. protozoeaed adj. Drunk on the strength of the drinks, using the arms for movement and the mouth for everything else. Leighlani was protozoeaed, propelling herself with her hands and chewing through the explanation. protozoited adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a feeding stage that responds chiefly to movement. Bobby-alan was protozoited, absorbing chips whenever a plate passed within range. protozooided adj. The condition of a drinker who moves independently in every direction, with no apparent plan. Shauntai spent ten minutes negotiating the stairs in several directions, thoroughly protozooided. protozoologied adj. Reduced by drink to tracking tiny moving objects while losing track of your own feet. protozoologisted adj. The drunkenness of one who observes every small movement closely, while making none reliably. protozooned adj. Softened by drink into a small, self-propelled creature with uncertain direction.