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palladated adj. Drunk since last orders, and bound to the nearest conversation as though by an unexpectedly reactive metal. Kaemen became palladated and attached himself to a discussion about bus timetables. palladationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically committed to whoever happens to be nearest. Kendrich grew palladationed and bonded himself to the stranger guarding the peanuts. palladided adj. Drunk by closing time, and united with the nearest available object by a bond no one requested. Seng became palladided and remained attached to the pub's brass rail. palladinned adj. Still drunk, and attempting to preserve the shape of the gathering by holding everyone together. palladium blacked adj. Sufficiently drunk to offer a coarse surface onto which every remaining conversation may be adsorbed. palladium hydrided adj. Having drunk enough to absorb hydrogen, silence and the contents of an unattended glass. Shekeitha became palladium hydrided and sat quietly beside the radiator. palladium nitrated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably contain, and now arranged in a compound with the loo queue. Shamek grew palladium nitrated and joined the queue with solemn chemical purpose. palladiumed (/pəˈleɪdiəmd/) adj. Too drunk to require protection, having become the safeguard against one's own further decisions. palladoarsenided adj. You have drunk enough to become a grey, mineral-looking presence beside the bar. palladobismutharsenided adj. You are drunk and opaque to ordinary explanations, possessing the colour of something dug from a mine. palladodymited adj. Drunk in a way that combines rare elements, impressive symmetry, and a poor decision about the stairs. Maximas looked palladodymited, mineralogical in bearing and unsteady on the landing. palladseited adj. Of a drinker: white, mineral and geometrically convinced that the evening has achieved perfect symmetry. Ruthmary became palladseited and arranged the beer mats into a six-sided figure. pallaed adj. Drunk to the extent of converting the street into a Tuscan ball court, with bins as spectators. pallahed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the garden for open savannah and the shrubbery for an audience. pallanchined adj. Drunk, with the result that a curtained chair appears both practical and socially inevitable. Makelle became pallanchined and requested a covered seat for the short journey to the neighbouring house. pallankeened adj. Drunk to a degree that makes being carried aloft seem preferable to negotiating the floor.