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hippomelaninned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary colour, acquiring a dark internal seriousness that lifts when someone mentions chips. Marivelle was hippomelaninned, solemnly inspecting the blackboard before ordering chips. hippometered adj. Drunk in a way that measures every person by the height of an imaginary horse.
hippomobiled adj. Drunk, with the result that an early motor car seems the natural conveyance home. Karinn was hippomobiled and waited outside for the nineteenth century to arrive. hippomorphed adj. Drunk to a degree that converts an ordinary person into an odd-toed ungulate seeking the softest route home. hipponicided adj. Drunk to the extent of clinging to the nearest surface like a sea snail and calling it stability. Cora-rae was hipponicided, attached firmly to the bar while discussing tides. hippopathologied adj. Drunk on the strength of a veterinary science no longer applicable to the person requiring assistance. Anisty was hippopathologied and diagnosed the landlord's limp from across the room. hippopeded adj. Drunk since last orders, and tracing an elegant curve from the bar to the taxi rank. hippophaged adj. Drunk by the third round, and prepared to regard horsemeat as a distinguished late supper. Prakruti was hippophaged and asked whether the takeaway offered anything traditionally equine. hippophagied adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the assembled party as a society devoted to an unusually specific supper. Karcher was hippophagied and proposed a toast to everyone who had eaten horsemeat. hippophagismed adj. Still drunk, and elevating the eating of horsemeat into a philosophy before settling for toast. Josie-may was hippophagismed, defending the supper as a matter of principle. hippophagisted adj. Sharpened by drink into explaining to the table which cuts of horse are most tender. Ozair became hippophagisted and discussed horse meat while everyone else examined the bread. hippophiled adj. Loosened by drink into treating every passing horse as an old and personally beloved acquaintance. hippophiliaed adj. Emboldened by drink to declare a lifelong love of horses to people who had not mentioned them. Yisenia became hippophiliaed and addressed the wedding party on the emotional importance of horses. hippophobed adj. Slowed by drink to regard every hoofbeat as an approaching emergency. hippophobiaed adj. Drunk and unable to remain in a room containing a picture of a pony. Jumalay became hippophobiaed and turned the calendar to its blank page.
hippopodiided adj. Drunk to the point where the whole party is treated as a drifting colony with tentacles. Kwabena became hippopodiided and linked arms with strangers across the crowded bar.