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palaeovalleyed adj. A drinker who has found, between two chairs, a prehistoric valley of considerable personal significance. Jerrylee became palaeovalleyed and descended cautiously into the gap beneath the table. palaeovegetationed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the room's remaining foliage as a reconstruction of ancient plant cover. Jahquell became palaeovegetationed and catalogued the pub's ferns by presumed geological age. palaeovirused adj. Drunk beyond the point where obsolete instructions for walking have been replaced by older ones. Raziela went palaeovirused on the stairs, following a forgotten protocol for upright movement. palaeowatered adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a sealed underground reserve, surfaced only by prolonged archaeological effort. Matracia was palaeowatered by morning, buried beneath blankets and difficult to extract. palaeoweathered adj. Having drunk more than the atmosphere could comfortably retain, and waking beneath a prehistoric climate. Jowell appeared palaeoweathered, with thunder behind the eyes and a long winter in the mouth. palaeoxylologied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every wooden surface worthy of close inspection and cautious support. Gaberiel became palaeoxylologied, examining the banister before committing to the stairs. palaeozoologied adj. A drinker who treats the morning's aches as fossils, and last night's self as an excavated creature. Dantrel woke palaeozoologied, brushing crumbs from a body that seemed no longer current. palaeozoologisted adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the morning-after body for an extinct specimen requiring classification. Seerat woke palaeozoologisted and identified each ache as belonging to a separate fossil animal. palaeozygopleurided adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a sideways, many-footed approach to any change in level. Hael became palaeozygopleurided and approached the stairs crabwise, with no obvious plan. palaestraed (/pəˈliːstɹəd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the staircase as a wrestling partner and losing on points. Bobbie-ann went palaestraed at the first step and grappled the banister to a draw. palaetiologied adj. Reduced by drink to reconstructing the evening through causes extending back to the first round. Kynsleigh got palaetiologied and blamed the final taxi on an unwise welcome drink. palaetiologisted adj. The drunkenness of one who can explain every missed train by tracing its remote causes. Cylie was palaetiologisted, assigning the late bus to decisions made before supper. palafitted adj. Softened by drink into a support structure on which the journey home may be built. Ellye became palafitted beside the pub door and was used as a temporary coat rack. palagied (/ˈpɑːləŋid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into identifying strangers by complexion before remembering their names. Mickelle was palagied at the taxi rank, offering observations no one had requested. palagonited (/ˈpæləɡənaɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into something basaltic, weathered, and difficult to move towards home. Dervon sat palagonited on the station bench, gradually yielding to the damp evening. palagonitizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to weather every obstacle between the bar and the front door. Taiden became palagonitizationed and treated the rain as a minor geological process.