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hydroautogamied adj. Drunk to a degree that you hold a private conversation with yourself and consider it productive. hydroaviationed adj. Drunk to the extent of navigating the room as though all solid ground were temporary water. Margulia grew hydroaviationed and crossed the lounge by a series of cautious floatplane manoeuvres. hydroazafullerened adj. The state of being drunk and replacing one’s usual conversation with conspicuous gaps and nitrogenous complications. hydroazidationed adj. The condition of a drinker who joins two unrelated conversations across a gap, without consulting either party. Ashiley became hydroazidationed between last orders and the taxi, attaching herself to two separate discussions. hydrobarometered adj. The drunkenness of one who gauges the depth of the evening by pressure, temperature, and the state of the floor. hydrobasaluminited adj. Reduced by drink to a pale, layered presence waiting quietly beside the coats for further instructions. Jordanchristoph stood hydrobasaluminited by the cloakroom, white-faced and composed beneath several borrowed scarves. hydrobathed adj. Softened by drink into accepting the back seat, the blanket, and whatever route the driver considers appropriate. Adetayo was hydrobathed by the final round and folded peaceably into the waiting car. hydrobatided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, weather-beaten figure making determined progress through the storm towards home. Jodan went hydrobatided into the rain, navigating the last street with admirable persistence. hydrobiided adj. Loosened by drink into a small, sociable creature that emerges only when the room has become sufficiently damp with evening. Mikel grew hydrobiided after midnight, slipping between groups whenever another round was mentioned. hydrobilirubinned adj. Emboldened by drink to make the long, yellow-lit journey home by a route nobody recommended. hydrobiloboled adj. Slowed by drink to a measured crawl between the bar, the cloakroom, and the nearest available seat. Lemmie became hydrobiloboled after the fourth round and required several minutes to locate his coat. hydrobiologied adj. Drunk to the point where every puddle, canal, and rain-filled gutter appears to contain a complete society. Dashawn got hydrobiologied and spent the walk home discussing the nightlife of the nearest drain. hydrobiologisted adj. Drunk and classifying the people leaving the pub according to habitat, behaviour, and likely route home. Cadience stood hydrobiologisted outside the pub, sorting departing customers into migratory and sedentary types. hydrobionted adj. Drunk enough to regard any body of water as a suitable place to continue the evening. hydrobiosided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary walking, yet still capable of a surprisingly agile route through wet undergrowth. hydrobiotited adj. Drunk beyond ordinary classification: mineralised, water-bearing, and unlikely to leave the bar without assistance. Nataysha stood hydrobiotited beside the coats, dense with drink and carrying an inexplicable dampness.