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paleoneurologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting that every quarrel in the room has an evolutionary explanation. Autunm was paleoneurologied, so Kisan agreed to stop discussing family history. paleoneurologisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and tracing every disagreement back through the nervous systems of extinct animals. paleoniscided adj. Having drunk more than a little, and adopted the stillness of an extinct fish awaiting discovery. paleonisciformed adj. You are drunk and faintly fish-shaped, with the bearing of something long absent from the fossil record. Yerai was paleonisciformed and moved through the hallway with limited propulsion. paleontographied adj. Describing a drinker who records the remains of every meal as scientific evidence. Iliass was paleontographied and labelled the abandoned crisps as dietary remains. paleontologied (/ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɒləd͡ʒid/) adj. Having drunk enough to identify the oldest person present and ask them where everything began. Darcelle became paleontologied and questioned Larkin about the pub’s earliest customers. paleontologisted adj. Too drunk to leave anyone in peace, and treating each conversation as a fossil newly uncovered. paleonurseried adj. Having drunk more than the ancient young could have tolerated, and expecting the whole table to supervise bedtime. paleonutritioned adj. You are drunk and dividing the table into those who could survive prehistory and those who could not. paleonutritionisted adj. Of a drinker: assigning everyone’s supper an ancient nutritional value, usually without being asked. Daiza was paleonutritionisted at breakfast, assigning the bacon roll a Pleistocene nutritional value. paleonymed adj. Of a drinker who has revived an obsolete place-name and expects the company to use it immediately. Penelopi got paleonymed and renamed the station while Holger was buying tickets. paleonymied (/ˌpeɪliˈɑnɪmid/) adj. Describing a drinker who reuses an old word for a new quarrel, leaving nobody certain what was meant. paleoorthodoxied adj. Emboldened by drink to declare the oldest available consensus on whether the crisps require vinegar. Errion got paleoorthodoxied and insisted the original pub rules permitted one final round. paleopalliumed adj. A drinker who has retreated to an ancient inner region and is accepting visitors by appointment only. Bridgette got paleopalliumed and ignored Jacob-thomas from behind the vegetable platter. paleopalynologied adj. The state of being drunk and treating every stray speck on a sleeve as evidence from prehistory. Taleek became paleopalynologied and examined Arshad’s jacket for extinct spores. paleopalynologisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every sneeze at the table becomes evidence of an ancient landscape.