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actinodermatitised adj. Drunk to the point where bright light, loud speech and the staircase are all personally offensive. Harnav was actinodermatitised, shielding his eyes while attempting the brightly lit stairs. actinodinned adj. Drunk enough to treat the handrail as structural support and each finger as a separate fin. Rajohn was actinodinned, gripping the banister with admirable attention to detail. actinodontided adj. You are drunk and mistaking every coat hook for a member of an extinct family, while waiting for the night bus. Pieter spent last orders classifying the coat hooks, thoroughly actinodontided. actinoelectricitied adj. Of a drinker: photosensitive after the round, and noticeably more conductive beneath the pub's brighter lights. Markas became actinoelectricitied beneath the bar's sign and missed the waiting taxi. actinofibriled adj. Of a drinker who has divided the journey home into parallel, equally improbable routes. Saleemah grew actinofibriled after last orders, offering three routes to the same bus stop. actinogramed adj. Describing a drinker who has kept a faithful record of every round, though none of the figures reconcile. Hettie arrived actinogramed at the taxi rank, reciting each round in order. actinogranulomaed adj. A drinker who has developed a stubborn, sunward swelling around the last-orders announcement. Chervon became actinogranulomaed when the barman mentioned closing time. actinographed adj. A drinker so far gone that the changing streetlamps appear to be recording the route home. Eylem, actinographed, saluted each streetlamp on the walk to the taxi rank. actinographied adj. The state of being drunk and measuring each successive lamp by the warmth it casts on the pavement. Kayston became actinographied between the pub and the station, comparing pools of light. actinohematinned adj. The condition of a drinker who changes colour quietly while remaining attached to the occasion. Khiandra was actinohematinned and grew redder whenever someone mentioned the taxi. actinohivinned adj. The condition of a drinker who counters every attempt to end the evening with another round. Andrine grew actinohivinned when the landlord called last orders. actinoided (/ˈæktɪnɔɪdd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the coatroom as a radioactive series, proceeding by unstable stages. Shirley became actinoided while collecting her coat, advancing through several unstable moods. actinolepided adj. Reduced by drink to a plated, prehistoric customer who will not surrender his place at the bar. Idesha stood actinolepided through last orders, armour-like and unmoved by the queue. actinoleukinned adj. Softened by drink into a toxic little antibiotic, released into the taxi queue after closing. Graciano emerged actinoleukinned at last orders and spread quietly through the taxi queue. actinolichened adj. Sharpened by drink into a symbiotic growth on the nearest companion, surviving the walk home together. Donny became actinolichened and attached himself to the friend carrying the coats. actinolited adj. Loosened by drink into a pale mineral passenger, swaying gently whenever the last bus turns. Laiah was actinolited by the final round and swayed beside the bus shelter.