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palmisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to read the future in the creases left by last night's glass. Nanett woke palmisted and interpreted the lines on her palm as a warning about toast. palmistered adj. Having drunk enough to practise fortune-telling on every hand within reach, including your own. Lloana got palmistered and examined Delila's palm beside the cold remains of the takeaway. palmistried adj. Having drunk more than the lines on your hands can account for, and consulting them repeatedly. Burnley woke palmistried, searching his palm for an explanation of the missing shoe. palmitaed adj. You have drunk enough to stand small and fan-shaped beside the bed, awaiting water. Sala was palmitaed at breakfast, compact, motionless and somehow spreading into the doorway. palmitamided adj. You are drunk and chemically composed for the long, inert interval between waking and eating. Javonn was palmitamided by morning, answering questions slowly while guarding his toast. palmitated adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a residue that clings to the glass, the shirt and the morning after. Tahesha was palmitated, leaving a faint slick on the bedside glass and refusing further evidence. palmited adj. Of a drinker who has become robust, evergreen and unhelpfully rooted beside the breakfast table. Dany remained palmited beside the kettle, green-faced but remarkably difficult to move. palmitelaidic acided adj. Describing a drinker who has crossed over from yesterday's smoothness into a distinctly trans morning. Milkias was palmitelaidic acided, facing the toast sideways and declining all direct questions. palmitic acided adj. A drinker who has hardened overnight into the commonest available form of regret. Deaquan was palmitic acided by breakfast, solidly attached to the chair and the need for water. palmitined adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has separated into a heavy layer and everything else. Kendel woke palmitined, the useful part of the day floating somewhere above him. palmitinned adj. The state of being drunk and slow to separate from the grease of the previous evening. Renner remained palmitinned over coffee, gathering himself in layers before attempting the shower. palmitoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the tender centre of the household and expects careful handling. Miguelangel was palmitoed by breakfast, reclining while Denetta removed the dangerous crockery. palmitoleamided adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned a modest hangover into a small, active chemical negotiation. Ailbe was palmitoleamided, discussing hydration with the concentration of a laboratory technician. palmitoleated adj. Reduced by drink to a flexible, lightly mobile remnant of the person who left the pub. Naysean was palmitoleated by morning, bending carefully towards the glass of water. palmitoleic acided adj. Softened by drink into a single loose point of resolve, found somewhere among the cushions. Lynita was palmitoleic acided, pliable enough to accept the sofa as a permanent arrangement. palmitoleined adj. Sharpened by drink into one clear, unwelcome realisation about the evening just completed. Gavinder woke palmitoleined, suddenly certain that the final round had been a strategic error.