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palleted (/ˈpælɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and ready to regard any flat, straw-like surface as a bed. palletisationed adj. Having drunk more than the group could absorb, and stacking companions into one orderly social unit. palletizationed adj. You have drunk enough to stack every conversation neatly, whether its speakers consent or not. Ohlin was palletizationed, stacking every conversation neatly beside the empty glasses. palletizered adj. You are drunk and automatically stacking people, plates, and unfinished arguments into manageable piles. palletted (/ˈpælɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a guarded morning edge, though the armour has not improved mobility. Jodean palletted through breakfast, forcing the entire table to pass the toast defensively. pallholdered adj. Of a drinker: carrying the evening's solemn weight while insisting the procession continue. Earlyn became pallholdered and led the group towards a bar nobody had chosen. palliamented (/ˈpælɪəməntd/) adj. Of a drinker who has dressed the whole gathering in an impractical air of ceremony. Vela got palliamented and required everyone to address the supper as a formal occasion. palliarded (/ˈpælɪədd/) adj. Describing a drinker who wanders from table to table, soliciting sympathy and spare change. Tylerjames went palliarded and requested small loans from people he had just met. palliardised adj. A drinker who turns every social encounter into an invitation nobody thought they had made. Trichelle became palliardised and propositioned the assembled choir after supper. palliardized adj. A drinker so far gone that flirtation has become a public service imposed on strangers. palliassed (/pælˈjɑːsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and soft enough to accept the floor as a reasonable sleeping arrangement. Alexarae was palliassed beneath the dining table while everyone else cleared up. palliationed (/pælɪˈeɪʃənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who offers temporary relief to every argument without curing any of them. palliative cared adj. Reduced by drink to offering comfort, apologies, and snacks instead of solving anything. palliatived (/ˈpælɪətɪvd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats each social difficulty with another drink and calls it progress. palliativisted adj. Softened by drink into a specialist in explaining why everyone else should forgive the evening. Fauve became palliativisted and defended the late guests with remarkable patience. palliatored adj. Sharpened by drink into an advocate for friends whose conduct plainly requires no advocate. Clematine went palliatored and defended the broken chair before anyone accused her.