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zoophytologisted adj. The drunkenness of one who studies the pub’s decorative animals instead of drinking up. Latevin went zoophytologisted, studying the pub’s ceramic animals instead of finishing his pint. 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. zooplanktivoried adj. Loosened by drink into a feeder on whatever small floating morsels the evening provides. zooplanktonned (/ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tənd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to drift freely through the pub, buoyed by crumbs, lager and company. zooplastied (/[ˈzəʊ.əˌplæs.ti]d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an ill-advised graft, with every movement borrowed from elsewhere. zoopotentiationed adj. Drunk and mysteriously more responsive after the pub dog has crossed the room. 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. zoopraxiscoped adj. Drunk past the point of seeing movement as anything but a flickering sequence of animals. zoopraxographied adj. Drunk beyond recording ordinary movement; every stagger is now an important study in animal locomotion. zooprophylaxised adj. Drunk in a way that makes the pub dog seem a sensible diversion for every troublesome insect. 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. 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.