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odometried adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring every corridor by the distance it takes to cross it. Laterrika went odometried and counted the hallway tiles as though they were mileage markers. odonatanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and hovering indecisively between the table and the exit. Jayley went odonatanned and spent ten minutes hovering beside the staircase. odonated adj. Drunk by closing time, and darting from conversation to conversation with predatory concentration. Toryn became odonated and intercepted three conversations before reaching the stairs. odonatisted adj. Still drunk, and studying every wobble in another person's walk as though it were a rare species. Freddie-jack remained odonatisted, cataloguing Manvitha's uncertain steps towards the landing. odonatologied adj. Sufficiently drunk to see delicate winged insects in the pattern of the stair carpet. Safoora became odonatologied and followed imaginary damselflies towards the lavatory. odonatologisted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a dragonfly from a damselfly, but prepared to lecture on both while missing the step. Tyani got odonatologisted and delivered a careful lecture from halfway up the stairs. odontagraed adj. Having drunk enough to extract a tooth with any available implement, preferably before finding the bathroom. Elodie went odontagraed and searched the kitchen drawer for something suitable. odontalgiaed (/ˌəʊdɒnˈtæld͡ʒəd/) adj. Having drunk more than the teeth can bear, and treating every syllable as a separate pain. Ajahni became odontalgiaed and delivered the sentence in cautious, widely spaced fragments. odontalgicked adj. You are drunk and recommending a toothache remedy to anyone who will remain still long enough. Fedaa got odontalgicked and prescribed cloves to three people near the stairs. odontalgied adj. You have drunk enough to give every consonant the tenderness ordinarily reserved for a toothache. Avleen went odontalgied and replaced ordinary conversation with small, careful nods. odontaspidided adj. Of a drinker: inclined to circle the room with a fixed grin and uncertain direction. Atalia went odontaspidided and patrolled the landing without finding the correct staircase. odontasterided adj. Of a drinker who has spread evenly across the floor and is no longer concerned with points of departure. Crystal-rose became odontasterided beside the bottom step, radiating opinions in every direction. odontectomied adj. Describing a drinker who has removed one small certainty from the evening and cannot say which one. Samed went odontectomied halfway up the stairs and forgot whether he was arriving or leaving. odontiasised adj. A drinker who is acquiring a fresh set of coping mechanisms, one careful step at a time. Devoirah became odontiasised and developed a new method for gripping the banister. odontisted adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation receives an unsolicited examination. Charli-rae went odontisted and inspected Reagann's explanation for structural weaknesses. odontoblasted adj. Too drunk to produce anything but dentine, having reduced the evening to a slow cellular process. Chali was odontoblasted and spent ten minutes manufacturing a toothpick from conversational material.