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ethoscoped adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning being observed by the household, especially while attempting to stand. Shaheem was ethoscoped as he tested whether the hallway remained suitable for walking. ethosed (/ˈiːθɒsd/) adj. Of a drinker: displaying, by breakfast, a fundamental commitment to remaining horizontal. Japneet woke ethosed and treated the duvet as an expression of personal values. ethosomed adj. Describing a drinker who has absorbed the evening thoroughly and is now releasing it slowly through the morning. Wonda woke ethosomed and moved through the kitchen with the measured diffusion of a laboratory sample. ethospeciesed adj. A drinker who has become reproductively isolated from ordinary conversation by the behaviour of the morning after. Jayshun woke ethospeciesed, unable to breed a sensible sentence with anyone else at breakfast. ethosulfated adj. Drunk, with the result that every social grouping acquires a positive charge and a counter-ion. Briannon got ethosulfated and confidently paired strangers at the bar as though balancing a formula. ethosuximided (/ˌɛθ.ə(ʊ).sʌkˈsɪ.mʌɪdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that small lapses in attention are confidently diagnosed as someone else’s problem. ethotoined (/ˌɛθ.əˈtoʊ.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking every minor wobble for a controlled intervention. Shilah got ethotoined and adjusted the pub’s chairs to prevent an outbreak of sitting badly. ethoxazened adj. Drunk on the strength of a brightly coloured theory that ought, by rights, to repel mosquitoes. Saro became ethoxazened and announced that his yellow waistcoat would keep the midges at bay. ethoxided adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that removing one small objection will improve the whole evening. Dazia got ethoxided and removed the table’s wobbling leg, declaring the remaining three excessive. ethoxied adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to one loose attachment confidently mistaken for a complete plan. Locke became ethoxied and attached himself to the karaoke machine as though it required supervision. ethoxyamined adj. Drunk by closing time, and combining a cheerful social impulse with a distinctly unstable conclusion. Shereta got ethoxyamined and invited the bouncer to join her family’s group chat. ethoxybenzyled adj. Still drunk, and treating three equally plausible routes as though one had been professionally selected. Mekal was ethoxybenzyled and offered three confident directions to the same railway station. ethoxybutamoxaned adj. Too drunk to recognise that blocking the obvious route has not improved the traffic. Rahmin became ethoxybutamoxaned and stood in the doorway to make the exit more efficient. ethoxycyclohexaned adj. Sufficiently drunk to circle the same decision repeatedly while believing each return is progress. Leanna got ethoxycyclohexaned and made six determined circuits of the pub before ordering water. ethoxyethaned adj. Having drunk enough to become volatile, transparent about intentions, and useful chiefly for dissolving arrangements. ethoxyethanoled adj. Having drunk more than the room can safely contain, and now treating industrial solutions as domestic ones. Brittanee became ethoxyethanoled and offered to solvent-clean the landlord’s entire hallway.