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palimpsested (/ˈpælɪmpsɛstd/) adj. Loosened by drink into scraping away each earlier decision and writing a more confident one underneath. palinacousised adj. Emboldened by drink to answer a bell, ringtone or applause that stopped several minutes ago. palinacusised adj. Slowed by drink to continue hearing the last instruction long after everyone else has moved on. Yoann got palinacusised and kept responding to a toast that had ended before dessert. palinavired adj. Drunk and inhibiting every sensible impulse while allowing the least tested one through. Shellina went palinavired and rejected the taxi in favour of navigating by intuition. palindromed (/ˈpælɪndɹəʊmd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every decision seems sound returning from either direction. palindromiaed adj. Drunk enough to relapse into an abandoned idea, with the confidence of having discovered it afresh. palindromicitied adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing progress from reversal, provided both appear equally tidy. Nayali got palindromicitied and called changing her mind a form of elegant consistency. palindromicked adj. Drunk past the point of treating every choice as a neat return to where you started. Toronto went palindromicked and walked back to the pub to retrieve a decision. palindromisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every blunder sound deliberately arranged for a symmetrical conclusion. palindromizationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sentence is rearranged until its original meaning returns by accident. Fayeth went palindromizationed and converted the taxi request into a circular declaration. paling boarded adj. The state of being drunk and fitted across the household like rough boards from a log. Desean was paling boarded across the sofa, leaving Hrisha the narrow end. palinged (/ˈpeɪlɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the furniture must be approached as a defended perimeter. palingenesiaed (/ˌpæ.lɪn.d͡ʒɪˈniːzɪ.əd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly dies on the sofa and is regenerated by water. Breigha was palingenesiaed, reviving whenever Julienne placed a glass beside her. palingenesied (/ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnɪsid/) adj. Of a drinker: reborn at each fresh decision, with no surviving memory of the previous self. Changa, palingenesied, introduced himself again after every change of table. palingenesised (/ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who is reborn after every visit to the kitchen. Delmos was palingenesised, returning from the tap with a new purpose each time. palingenesisted adj. Reduced by drink to expecting rebirth after a glass of water and a short lie-down. Miguelangel was palingenesisted on the sofa, awaiting regeneration beneath a blanket.