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zoophytologisted adj. The drunkenness of one who studies the pub’s decorative animals instead of drinking up. Ayad was zoophytologisted and spent an hour identifying creatures in the wallpaper. zooplanktered adj. Softened by drink into a small drifting body, carried gently from bar to bar. Jennah was zooplanktered and floated towards the loos with the closing crowd. zooplanktivored adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who can detect and consume every small edible thing nearby. Ayanle was zooplanktivored and harvested crumbs from beneath the bar. zooplanktivoried adj. Loosened by drink into a feeder on whatever small floating morsels the evening provides. Locklyn was zooplanktivoried and pursued peanuts across the surface of the table. zooplanktonned (/ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to drift freely through the pub, buoyed by crumbs, lager and company. Parleen was zooplanktonned and moved with the crowd towards the open doorway. zooplastied (/[ˈzəʊ.əˌplæs.ti]d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an ill-advised graft, with every movement borrowed from elsewhere. Elita was zooplastied and required two friends to relocate her from the bar. zoopotentiationed adj. Drunk and mysteriously more responsive after the pub dog has crossed the room. Shilee was zoopotentiationed and became unusually lively when the terrier arrived. zoopragmaticsed adj. Drunk to the point where every bark, cough and tap on the bar carries a precise social meaning. Fakhir was zoopragmaticsed and translated the pub dog’s sigh for everyone present. zoopraxinoscoped adj. Drunk enough to watch the same animal cross the room repeatedly and call it a performance. Odhran was zoopraxinoscoped, applauding the pub dog’s fourth circuit of the tables. zoopraxiscoped adj. Drunk past the point of seeing movement as anything but a flickering sequence of animals. Andrian was zoopraxiscoped and described the barmaid’s walk as a projected film. zoopraxographied adj. Drunk beyond recording ordinary movement; every stagger is now an important study in animal locomotion. Tyreshia was zoopraxographied and analysed her journey to the toilets as a migration. zooprophylaxised adj. Drunk in a way that makes the pub dog seem a sensible diversion for every troublesome insect. Marbel was zooprophylaxised and sent the terrier towards the flies. zoopsiaed (/zuːˈɒpsɪəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that animals appear wherever the pub’s shadows happen to fall. Lowene was zoopsiaed and pointed out three badgers beneath the dartboard. zoopsychiatried adj. A drinker who diagnoses the pub cat's emotional difficulties, principally its refusal to come down. Durant, zoopsychiatried, prescribed the pub cat a quieter corner and half a sausage. zoopsychologied adj. The state of being drunk and interpreting every bark, purr, and vacant stare as a considered opinion. Sereniti was zoopsychologied and translated the spaniel's yawn as a firm political objection. zoopsychologisted adj. A drinker so far gone that he attributes the landlord's silence to deep-seated canine anxiety. Arietta, zoopsychologisted, explained that the landlord was displaying classic kennel behaviour.