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palaeographed adj. Having drunk enough to treat an unreadable old manuscript as minutes from tonight's committee. Laquenda became palaeographed and read the wine list as though it were a medieval charter. palaeographered adj. You have drunk enough to identify the handwriting while entirely misunderstanding what was written. Deontre became palaeographered and confidently corrected the landlord's spelling of his own name. palaeographied adj. Of a drinker: confidently reconstructing an earlier version of every message before sending another. Kasumi became palaeographied and restored the missing punctuation to a text nobody had received. palaeographisted adj. Of a drinker who has abandoned the present script and is annotating the till receipt in an extinct hand. Hunter-george became palaeographisted and deciphered the till receipt as an ancient manuscript. palaeohabitated adj. Describing a drinker who reconstructs the evening from fossils, fragments and one inexplicable shoe. Shevell became palaeohabitated and inferred last night's dancing from a cracked glass and muddy cuff. palaeoherpetologied adj. The drunkenness of one who studies vanished reptiles while failing to notice the living one on the table. Earley became palaeoherpetologied and reconstructed an extinct crocodile from the shape of a sandwich. palaeoherpetologisted adj. The state of being drunk and treating every cold, low object as evidence of an extinct reptile. Aerilynn became palaeoherpetologisted and identified the draught excluder as a fossil amphibian. palaeoheterodonted adj. Drunk in a way that gives every old acquaintance several different sorts of teeth to deal with. Diore was palaeoheterodonted and bit three conversational openings before anyone could answer. palaeohistologied adj. Slowed by drink to examining every old stain as though patience could reveal its cellular structure. Perscilla became palaeohistologied and spent twenty minutes studying a century-old mark on the bar. palaeohistoried adj. Drunk enough to turn a recent mistake into an established historical period. Terrijo became palaeohistoried and described missing the last bus as a formative ancient event. palaeohydrogeologied adj. Drunk, with the result that your conversation follows ancient underground channels, emerging elsewhere for everyone present. Shiloe was palaeohydrogeologied, and the toast eventually emerged as a complaint about parking. palaeohydrographied adj. You are drunk and charting vanished routes as though the pavement were an ancient shoreline. Tatanya, palaeohydrographied, mapped the old river through the car park with a chip. palaeohydrologied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every conversation a vanished river, with companions left tracing its course. Felicity-rose became palaeohydrologied and led the group through three extinct arguments. palaeohydrologisted adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a detailed study of water sources, especially the nearest tap. Von was palaeohydrologisted, comparing the tap, jug and bathroom basin before choosing the jug. palaeoichnologied adj. Reduced by drink to following ancient-looking tracks from the sofa to the kitchen for water. Taishia was palaeoichnologied, following a trail of crumbs towards the glass by the sink. palaeoichthyologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and still finding prehistoric fish relevant to every farewell. Shiniya was palaeoichthyologied and mentioned fossil fish while thanking the coat-check attendant.