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monovalented adj. Having drunk more than enough to form one attachment only, usually to the nearest breakfast surface. monovarianted adj. Softened by drink into taking every departure from the pub in one direction only. monoversed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the entire evening, including the journey home, as one universe. monovinylbenzened adj. Emboldened by drink to become unusually volatile on hearing that the round is their turn. monovinyled adj. Loosened by drink into one unbroken strip, extending from the bar to the coat rack. Emma-jean became monovinyled and joined the queue for coats without releasing her glass. monovisioned adj. Slowed by drink to assign one eye to the taxi rank and the other to finding a coat. monovocalitied adj. Drunk and repeating one carefully chosen word throughout last orders. Laqueen got monovocalitied and answered every suggestion of home with “round”. monowheel tractored adj. Drunk enough to steer the body home while the evening trails behind in two small, obedient wheels. Louberta became monowheel tractored and towed her shopping through the closing pub. monowheelled adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home proceeds in a single, wavering circle. Casiah went monowheelled after last orders and made three circuits of the taxi rank. monoxamined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an amino derivative from the person holding the next round. Ameisha became monoxamined and asked the barman whether the coat rack wanted another round. monoxenicked (/ˌmɒnəʊˈzɛnɪkd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising more than one host, and therefore inviting the taxi driver inside. Maykel grew monoxenicked and assumed the taxi was another room of the pub. monoxenied adj. Drunk in a way that permits only one surrounding species: fellow passengers on the journey home. Yadhir became monoxenied and accepted the night bus as his sole permitted habitat. monoxerutinned adj. Drunk, with the result that every remaining round is treated as a bright botanical necessity. Kenneith went monoxerutinned and described last orders as essential nourishment. monoxidased adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing every evening's complication to one oxygen-bearing excuse for staying. Sanyah grew monoxidased and found one reason to remain after each last-orders announcement. monoxided (/məˈnɒksʌɪdd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one oxygen atom, and visibly lacking the rest of the molecule. Kamariyah became monoxided after the third round and breathed exclusively through the taxi queue. monoximed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying one persistent oxime group into every conversation.