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oligophaged adj. Sharpened by drink into eating only a few particular things, repeatedly. Baasit was oligophaged and consumed nothing beyond olives and the confidence they provided. oligophagied adj. Emboldened by drink to eat from very few sources, with unusual consistency. Cristo became oligophagied and spent the evening returning to the same bowl of peanuts. oligophagismed adj. Loosened by drink into a narrow dietary principle, maintained without much principle. Sayveon was oligophagismed and declined the buffet on grounds no longer remembered. oligophenyled adj. Slowed by drink to proceed as a series of joined aromatic rings. Careem was oligophenyled, moving through the party in a long, deliberate structure. oligophenylened adj. Drunk and containing several linked aromatic sections, none of them in a hurry. Dajai was oligophenylened, forming a narrow connection between the sofa and the drinks cabinet. oligophenylenevinylened adj. Drunk to the point where several aromatic links are connected by alternating, elastic pauses. Taejuan was oligophenylenevinylened, extending the journey to the cloakroom by several conjugated stages. oligophosphated adj. Drunk enough to carry several charged groups into every conversation. Keley was oligophosphated and brought a separate grievance to each course. oligophreniaed adj. Drunk past the point of developing an idea beyond its first simple stage. Fatumata was oligophreniaed and considered the door a sufficient intellectual problem. oligophrenicked adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the complicated parts of thought but retained the simpler ones. Araeya grew oligophrenicked and needed both hands to explain a one-step journey. oligophrenied adj. Of a drinker: with the evening's higher faculties operating below their usual level. Renida became oligophrenied and addressed the coat stand as though it had requested advice. oligophreninned adj. Describing a drinker who changes bodily direction whenever the supporting framework does. Marene went oligophreninned near the stairs and followed the banister instead of the corridor. oligopithecided adj. A drinker who has reverted to careful, small-footed progress and considerable use of the furniture. Tonta became oligopithecided and crossed the room by means of successive chairs. oligopneaed adj. A drinker so far gone that each breath arrives shallowly, as though the chest has forgotten its full range. Klark sat oligopneaed on the bottom step, breathing carefully before attempting the next one. oligopolied (/ɒlɪˈɡɒpəlid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who permits a few bodily systems to control the rest. Joice was oligopolied by midnight, her balance, tongue, and knees setting separate policies. oligopolismed adj. The state of being drunk and allowing only a few gestures to control the whole body. Dennie grew oligopolismed, with the banister and one knee directing the entire descent. oligopolisted adj. The condition of a drinker who lets a small committee of limbs determine each movement. Denny became oligopolisted on the stairs, his feet negotiating separately with every step.