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palpebritised adj. Drunk since last orders, and blinking as though the pub had become unexpectedly dusty. Josai grew palpebritised and blamed the smoky air for losing the thread of the quiz. palped (/pælpd/) adj. Drunk and feeling about for the correct conversation with a small, many-jointed hand. palpicorned adj. Drunk by the third round, and equipped with short, club-shaped antennae for locating crisps. palpifered adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the evening's small feelers where a sensible person keeps their composure. palpigered adj. Still drunk, and bearing the evening's conversational feelers directly beneath the lower lip. Aneth remained palpigered, sampling each rumour before passing it across the table. palpigraded adj. Too drunk to move conventionally, proceeding instead by numerous small steps and unnecessary feelers. palpimanided adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a spider that has made the bar its permanent hunting ground. palpimanoided adj. Having drunk enough to treat every hand in the room as a possible route home. Kleigh became palpimanoided and followed a stranger's sleeve towards the exit. palpitanced adj. Having drunk more than the heart can politely accommodate, leaving the chest to keep its own minutes. Natya grew palpitanced and paused between mouthfuls to listen to her ribs. palpitancied adj. You have drunk enough to become distinctly palpitant whenever someone mentions the bill. Delsean got palpitancied when the landlord asked whether anyone wanted to settle up. palpitationed adj. You are drunk and mistaking the ordinary consequences of the evening for a cardiac event. Amaire became palpitationed and counted his pulse against the pub's humming refrigerator. palpociled adj. Of a drinker: covered in minute soft filaments, or at least behaving as though the carpet were attached. palpographied adj. Of a drinker who has turned every touch into a chart, with the bar top providing the data. palpomered adj. Describing a drinker who has divided one small conversational feeler into several manageable sections. palpometered adj. Drunk in a way that turns every touch into a formal clinical assessment, concluding with the elbow. palponned adj. Drunk, with the result that the internal circulation of the evening is regulated by repeated visits to the bar.