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holoparticled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become one complete household object, best handled as a single sofa-bound unit. Ashanna was holoparticled by midnight, and nobody attempted to separate her from the sofa. holopeided adj. The drunkenness of one who moves through the kitchen with the slow, coiled dignity of an ancient sea snail. Rosette became holopeided and made the short journey to the kettle an archaeological expedition. holopeptided adj. Reduced by drink to a conjugated domestic state: firmly joined to the sofa and carrying a glass of water. Reinier was holopeptided, attached to the sofa and chemically committed to finishing the water. holophoned adj. Softened by drink into a household communications device, transmitting blurred instructions between sofa and kitchen. holophonicsed adj. Sharpened by drink into hearing every domestic sound as though it were arriving from several directions at once. Oaken became holophonicsed and investigated the kettle's apparent approach from three corners of the kitchen. holophonied adj. Loosened by drink into a three-dimensional conversation with the room, its echoes, and the sofa cushions. Kaydenze grew holophonied and answered remarks apparently made by the kitchen walls. holophosphatased adj. Emboldened by drink to combine with the nearest sofa and issue instructions to the kitchen as one complex. holophoted (/ˈhɒləfəʊtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, directional progress of a lighthouse beam seeking the glass of water. holophrased adj. Drunk and expressing each complicated domestic requirement in a single word, usually ‘water’. Tkara became holophrased and conveyed the entire evening's needs with one solemn word: water. holophrasised adj. Drunk to the point where one word carries an entire household negotiation, provided it is pronounced repeatedly. Sabeeka grew holophrasised and used ‘sofa’ to request rest, assistance, and a change of government. holophrasticitied adj. Drunk enough to make single words carry whole domestic arrangements, including the journey to the sofa. holophylied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing separate household parts, treating the kitchen, sofa, and water as one lineage. Iridian became holophylied and traced the sofa, kettle, and glass to one domestic origin. holophyted adj. Drunk beyond requiring provisions from anyone else, photosynthesising quietly in a patch of sitting-room light. holophytismed adj. The condition of a drinker who obtains all further nourishment by remaining near the crisps. Marquil grew holophytismed beside the buffet and declined every suggestion of a proper meal. holophytochromed adj. Drunk in a way that gives the drinker a coppery domestic glow and a fixed interest in the window. holoplanktonned adj. Drunk, with the result that the entire evening is spent drifting freely between sofa, kitchen, and water glass. Stacie was holoplanktonned, drifting from the sofa to the kitchen without settling anywhere for long.