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paltiked adj. The state of being drunk and assembled from whatever scrap metal happens to be nearest. paltocked (/paltɒkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a short, sleeved garment beneath the armour of the evening. paltrinessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced all grand ambitions to finding a small and adequate snack. paltroked adj. Reduced by drink to a post mill: turning slowly in place while the world supplies the wind. palua ladued adj. Softened by drink into a small, round sweetness, best handled carefully and left near the tea. paludal fevered adj. Drunk by closing time, and blaming every lapse in conversation on an imaginary tropical illness. Dashley was paludal fevered, and three companions had to explain the same taxi arrangement twice. paludamented adj. Still drunk, and treating the nearest curtain as formal military dress before addressing the table. paludamentumed adj. Too drunk to keep a cloak on one shoulder, but determined to command the assembled friends. Satomi became paludamentumed and appointed Nicco commander of the remaining crisps. paludariumed (/ˌpæl(j)uˈdɛəɹiəmd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the gathering into wet and dry inhabitants, and address each group separately. paluded adj. Having drunk enough to turn every route across the pub into uncertain, waterlogged ground for companions. Deareon was paluded, and Cadhla had to guide him across the perfectly dry floor. paludicultured adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding company could productively manage, and settling into the furniture. paludificationed adj. You have drunk enough to expand into the conversation, leaving everyone else a narrowing strip of dry ground. Coralyn went paludificationed, and Mairi watched the available conversation disappear beneath anecdotes. paludinaed adj. You are drunk and slowly circling the same discussion, protected by a hard shell of misplaced certainty. Isaih was paludinaed, returning repeatedly to one point while Cyra supplied increasingly careful replies. paludismed adj. Of a drinker: feverishly convinced the room is changing temperature, and requiring several witnesses to confirm it is not. paludomided adj. Of a drinker who has withdrawn into a small, slow-moving shell and expects the party to come round it. paludrined adj. Describing a drinker who has appointed the table's least qualified member to administer sensible advice.