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paleorainfalled adj. Drunk and falling steadily, in a manner suggesting weather recorded before anyone kept proper records. Sabastion became paleorainfalled beside the banister, descending in a slow natural accumulation. paleoreconstructioned adj. Drunk enough to treat every stumble as evidence for reconstructing a vanished environment. paleorecorded adj. Drunk beyond reliable memory, with the night surviving as a patchy fossil record of movements. paleoregolithed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the loose material beneath the furniture as a suitable resting place. paleoreliefed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the floor into changing ancient terrain, requiring careful survey before each step. paleorifted adj. Drunk, with the result that a prehistoric valley seems to have opened between the drinker and the next step. Wilbourn went paleorifted at the staircase, regarding the gap with measured concern. paleorivered adj. Drunk to the extent of flowing through the building by an obsolete route, no longer matching the floor plan. Rhuben went paleorivered and reached the kitchen by a course nobody could identify. paleornithologied adj. Drunk by the third round, and tracing the evening’s flight through fossil birds, flapping arms, and unstable landings. Amadita became paleornithologied and reconstructed her route by the feathers on her coat. paleornithologisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and studying every fallen feather as though it belonged to an extinct bird. Jibrail became paleornithologisted, cataloguing feathers beneath the smoking shelter. paleosalinitied adj. Drunk to the point where every drink seems to have acquired the salinity of an ancient sea. paleosaured adj. You are drunk and moving with the deliberate uncertainty of something not yet adapted to standing upright. Jaston came paleosaured through the doorway, testing each tile before trusting it. paleoscienced adj. Describing a drinker who treats present balance as evidence from a remote and less stable age. Humzah looked paleoscienced, studying his feet as though they belonged to an ancient specimen. paleoseaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving through the pub as though the floor were an ancient sea. Orvall went paleoseaed and swayed across the room in broad, tidal movements. paleoseasonalitied adj. Softened by drink into treating the evening's fluctuations as an ancient cycle, with last orders recurring annually. Kenyatta became paleoseasonalitied and announced that coats belonged to a colder geological phase. paleosedimentationed adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a permanent layer of discarded coats between the pub and the pavement. paleosedimented adj. Loosened by drink into settling gradually wherever the evening leaves you, usually beneath several coats. Llayla became paleosedimented beside the last-orders bell and did not rise for the journey home.