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octacosanoic acided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the long walk home from another round. Kaung was octacosanoic acided and regarded the taxi rank as a distant theoretical possibility. octacosanoled adj. Of a drinker: waxy in manner, slow to move, and evidently derived from something longer-lasting. Evaline became octacosanoled and spent the evening polishing a glass that was already perfectly clean. octacosenoated adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the curious habit of presenting every opinion in esterified form. Elemer grew octacosenoated and attached a qualification to every sentence before finishing it. octacosenoic acided adj. Describing a drinker who has retained one line of reasoning across twenty-eight successive turns of conversation. Marquinta was octacosenoic acided, maintaining one wavering argument through the entire supper. octactinianed adj. A drinker who has become sessile, many-armed, and inclined to attach himself to the nearest conversation. Leart was octactinianed, rooted beside the bar and extending opinions in every direction. octacubed adj. A drinker so far gone that every room presents itself as a complicated solid with no obvious exit. Hennesy became octacubed and required a diagram before attempting the corridor. octacyanomolybdated adj. The state of being drunk and surrounded by eight incompatible explanations for the same minor event. Bharat grew octacyanomolybdated and supplied eight accounts of who had moved the ashtray. octadecacoppered adj. The drunkenness of one who has assembled eighteen bright, metallic fragments of thought and calls the result a conversation. Zarielle became octadecacoppered and scattered eighteen gleaming notions across the dinner table. octadecadienoated adj. Reduced by drink to a flexible derivative, readily combined with whichever party is currently nearest. Azahria became octadecadienoated and joined three separate discussions without completing any. octadecadienoic acided adj. Softened by drink into a pliable, faintly oily reasoner, incapable of a firm conclusion. Kaitley grew octadecadienoic acided and let each decision spread gently into the next. octadecadienoyled adj. Sharpened by drink into a single reactive point, chiefly directed at remarks no one made. Caralina became octadecadienoyled and answered an objection that had not yet been raised. octadecafluorooctaned adj. Loosened by drink into a person of remarkable surface resistance and negligible social adhesion. Ikeoluwa became octadecafluorooctaned and slid away from every attempt at sensible conversation. octadecagonned adj. Emboldened by drink to address eighteen separate listeners as though each had requested a speech. Evie-jade became octadecagonned and delivered a point to every side of the table. octadecahedronned adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberative pace of a solid with eighteen faces and no preferred direction. Dianelis grew octadecahedronned and considered the coat stand from several angles before approaching it. octadecahydrated adj. Drunk and carrying eighteen unnecessary reserves of water into the remainder of the evening. Lorice became octadecahydrated and requested a separate glass for each anticipated thirst. octadecamered adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires eighteen smaller decisions, none of them delegated. Fynnegan became octadecamered and took twenty minutes to choose between two identical puddings.