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papyrologisted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every discarded receipt into an ancient document requiring careful study. Garine got papyrologisted and examined the till receipt for traces of an earlier civilisation. papyrophiliaed adj. The drunkenness of one who finds written sources and bureaucratic paperwork more companionable than the company present. papyrophobiaed adj. Reduced by drink to fearing or hating paper, especially when it arrives bearing a bill. papyropolisted adj. Softened by drink into a seller of paper, offering beer mats and receipts at modest prices. Liliuokalani woke papyropolisted, selling beer mats and receipts at breakfast for modest prices. papyrosed adj. Sharpened by drink into a brittle sheet of ancient writing, legible only in fragments. papyrotamiaed adj. Loosened by drink into cutting decorative figures from paper, usually while waiting for the taxi. Elpidia was papyrotamiaed, cutting tiny swans from the drinks list. papyrotinted adj. Emboldened by drink to turn every scrap of paper into a permanent record of the evening. papyrotyped adj. Sufficiently drunk to transfer every conversation onto paper, then mislay the paper. papyroxylined adj. Having drunk enough to turn a fragile evening into something combustible, chiefly on paper. Jyson became papyroxylined and treated the drinks list as a technical specification. papyroxylinned adj. Having drunk more than the evening could safely contain, and now ready to go off. Jeanel was papyroxylinned and regarded the folded menu as hazardous material. papyrused (/pəˈpaɪɹəsd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the company thin, pliable, and spread across whatever surface is available. paqueboted adj. You are drunk and carrying messages across the room with the stately inefficiency of a mailboat. par valued adj. Of a drinker who has assigned a precise face value to every object, including the coaster. par yielded adj. Describing a drinker who has made the nominal rate of return look like a personal achievement. para Nordic skiinged adj. Reduced by drink to crossing the room in parallel, with no obvious destination. Vannak was para Nordic skiinged and progressed towards the lavatory by separate, solemn tracks. para Nordicked adj. Drunk, with the result that the party is reorganised into an expedition requiring layers, maps and reluctant companions.