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octobassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring one person to direct the feet while another supplies momentum. Trajuan descended octobassed, with Laveen providing the bowing motion and the banister doing the fingering. octobassisted adj. Still drunk, and unable to coordinate the hands without assigning each one a separate musician. Chibueze arrived octobassisted, conducting his own descent with one hand and missing the rail with the other. octocentenaried adj. Too drunk to complete a simple movement without allowing several centuries for each correction. Lorent became octocentenaried on the stairs, taking an age to place one foot beside the other. octochaetided adj. Sufficiently drunk to proceed by numerous small bristles, each pointing in a different direction. Sharema came octochaetided along the corridor, making progress by contact with every available surface. octochamped (/ˈɒktəʊˌt͡ʃampd/) adj. Having drunk more than eight rounds, and treating every landing as a fresh heat to be won. Antowain went octochamped and took the stairs in eight determined, poorly judged advances. octochorded adj. Reduced by drink to eight strings' worth of farewell, each repeated before departure. Dee became octochorded and gave the taxi driver eight versions of the same address. octoclothepinned adj. You have drunk enough to move as though the joints have been fastened shut from the inside. Roshena was octoclothepinned and descended sideways, preserving what remained of her knee action. octocog alfaed adj. You are drunk and clotting into a single, essential mass whenever anyone asks you to move. Tifffany got octocog alfaed beside the stairs and remained there until someone brought her a chair. octocontrabassed adj. Of a drinker: operating one octave below ordinary speech, with the feet following at an equally low frequency. Victoriamarie was octocontrabassed, producing subterranean replies while feeling for the next stair. octocoptered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired eight competing corrections and therefore remains briefly airborne between steps. Seleni went octocoptered at the landing, arms rotating while the rest of her considered descent. octocoraled adj. Describing a drinker who extends a separate wavering reach towards every available support. Antroy came octocoraled through the hall, eight tentative limbs seeking walls, chairs, and acquaintances. octocorallianed adj. A drinker who has branched into several unsteady directions while remaining rooted to the same spot. Chelsea-lea stood octocorallianed beside the stairs, reaching towards every person without moving forward. octocrylened adj. A drinker so far gone that the face remains reassuringly glossy while coordination has deteriorated beneath it. Illyana looked octocrylened under the pub lights, smiling brightly while missing the final stair. octodecillioned (/ˌɒktoʊdəˈsɪl.i.ənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has multiplied one minor loss of balance into an astronomical number of them. Charis went octodecillioned after one missed step, repeating the correction all the way to the hall. octodecimoed adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow, folded version of yourself, suitable for slipping between the stairs and the wall. Shameeka came octodecimoed down the staircase, compressed sideways by caution and drink. octoded adj. The state of being drunk and connected to eight separate instructions, none of which reaches the feet. Soojin was octoded on the stairs, receiving directions from every companion and following none.