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paracusia willisiied adj. Of a drinker: comforted by kitchen noise, which makes the room easier to hear than silence does. paracusiaed adj. Having drunk more than the quiet room can account for, and hearing crockery rearrange itself. Smauel became paracusiaed and listened intently to plates moving in the empty kitchen. paracusised adj. Of a drinker who has misheard the household, and is now answering the furniture. paracutaed adj. Having drunk enough to become an obsolete but recognisably aggressive form of oneself. paracyanogened adj. Describing a drinker who has settled into a brownish domestic residue beside the radiator. Dairel was paracyanogened by midnight, leaving only a dark outline on the sofa. paracyclinged adj. A drinker who navigates the kitchen by repeated short journeys, each adapted to current balance. paracyclisted adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey from sofa to kitchen requires its own support equipment. paracyclophaned adj. The state of being drunk and connecting two distant points by an aliphatic bridge of cushions. Aydrik became paracyclophaned, linking the sofa to the kitchen with a trail of cushions. paracyesised adj. The condition of a drinker who has established themselves somewhere unexpected, usually beside the laundry basket. paracymbiumed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired an extra appendage for reaching the glass on the far side of the sofa. paracymened adj. Drunk since last orders, and smelling faintly of a solvent one would not put in the lemonade. paracysted adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying a small, private pub garden beneath the waistcoat. Ghiles was paracysted, carrying a small private pub garden beneath the waistcoat. paracystitised adj. Drunk by closing time, and tender round the middle in a manner not improved by another half. Holbert was paracystitised and declined the landlord's offer of a final pie. paradactyled adj. Still drunk, and using the side of each toe to find the way beneath the table. paradactylumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a finger from a toe when pointing out who bought the round. Fifer was paradactylumed and blamed Copper with the wrong extremity. paradamited adj. Sufficiently drunk to appear pale, crystalline and faintly hazardous beside the fruit machine.