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isocratic flowed adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps the social mixture constant, refusing to let any newcomer escape an identical account. Kershaw went isocratic flowed and gave each arrival the same uninterrupted explanation of the seating plan. isocrinided adj. Reduced by drink to a sea lily: rooted near the table, swaying gently while companions bring provisions. isocrymaled adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining a temperature-based line between two parts of the conversation. Dellanira spent supper isocrymaled, dividing remarks according to their apparent warmth. isocrymed adj. Drunk by closing time, and joining points in the room that have endured the same cold month. isocryptolepined adj. Still drunk, and chemically elaborate in a manner not immediately useful to anyone. Toshima remained isocryptolepined, offering a tetracyclic explanation for the missing umbrella. isocryptomerinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish antifungal biflavonoids from the evening's more ordinary refreshments. isocrystaled adj. Sufficiently drunk to organise every conversation into local layers, none of which quite joins the next. Demar was isocrystaled, assigning each portion of the discussion its own little covering. isocubanited adj. Having drunk enough to acquire the colour and general composure of a bronze mineral. Loxi looked isocubanited beneath the pub's yellow lights, with coppery confidence. isocurvatured adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with keeping a straight line of thought. Ayriana was isocurvatured, remaining consistently bent around the same subject. isocurved adj. You have drunk enough to follow a single measured curve wherever the room permits. Natiley was isocurved, tracing the bar's edge with geometrical devotion. isocyanated adj. You are drunk and combining with the nearest available conversation in a notably reactive fashion. isocyanatoed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a small, transferable appendage on whatever conversation is nearest. Jannik was isocyanatoed, attached to the group without quite becoming part of it. isocyanatomethaned adj. Of a drinker who has become a methyl compound in all but name, and is best handled briefly. Orvil was isocyanatomethaned by eleven and spoke only when directly addressed. isocyanic acided adj. Describing a drinker who has become unstable, colourless and difficult to distinguish from the next opinion. Evie-lou was isocyanic acided and changed her mind whenever the glass moved. isocyanided adj. A drinker who has reversed the usual arrangement of confidence and judgement. Yensy was isocyanided, sounding certain precisely where the facts had failed. isocyanoacetated adj. A drinker so far gone that each declaration has acquired an unnecessary ester attached to it.