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palaeofaecesed adj. Drunk to the extent of leaving behind archaeological evidence that explains very little about the civilisation concerned. palaeofaunaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the company is classified as fossil animals from a particular geological interval. Analey was palaeofaunaed and identified the regulars by presumed fossil lineage. palaeofired adj. Drunk by closing time, and smouldering through the morning like an ancient fire beneath the ash. Emilygrace woke palaeofired, warm-faced and surrounded by the charred remains of sensible plans. palaeofloraed adj. Drunk since last orders, and identifying the pub's houseplants as survivors of a vanished age. palaeofloristicsed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and now classifying the breakfast debris as a vanished flora. palaeoforested adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing motionless among the coats as though rooted for centuries. Jordeyn grew palaeoforested and stood among the coats, unable to migrate towards home. palaeogeneticisted adj. You are drunk and treating the morning's headache as an inherited trait requiring a family tree. palaeogeneticsed adj. Of a drinker who has applied inherited explanations to every archaeological trace of the night before. Suheib woke palaeogeneticsed, claiming the abandoned glasses revealed a hereditary tendency towards poor decisions. palaeogenomicsed adj. Too drunk to read the present genome, but perfectly willing to compare it with extinct organisms. Liliyana became palaeogenomicsed and compared everyone's family resemblance with a mammoth. palaeogeochemistried adj. Having drunk enough to explain the Earth's changing chemistry, then spill lager on the table. palaeogeographered adj. Drunk by the third round, and redrawing vanished continents on the kitchen table with a wet teaspoon. palaeogeographied adj. You are drunk and assigning the world its former geography, including a small inland sea in your pint. palaeogeologied adj. The state of being drunk and assigning the morning's domestic strata to distant historical periods. palaeogeomorphologied adj. The drunkenness of one who surveys the morning's altered landforms and remembers creating most of them. palaeoglaciered adj. Softened by drink into a slow ancient mass, retreating gradually from the bed towards the first cup of tea. Terika woke palaeoglaciered, advancing towards the kettle at a rate measurable only by patience. palaeognathed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ostrich from a misplaced argument, and confident enough to arbitrate both. Robert became palaeognathed and explained ratite anatomy to the television with great authority.