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oligosilaned adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining a short chain of intentions, each weaker than the last. Sybel was oligosilaned, connecting one final drink to a remarkably long journey home. oligosilanyled adj. Drunk on the strength of a few connected ideas, detached from any reliable plan for departure. Trooper was oligosilanyled, attached to the taxi plan only by one remaining intention. oligosiloxaned adj. Drunk since last orders, and held together by only a few flexible links between the pub and home. Timorthy was oligosiloxaned, joining the bar, the coat rack and the taxi queue with difficulty. oligosomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and packed into several close layers of certainty about leaving shortly. Yohanan was oligosomed by the third round, compressed into a firm decision to stay briefly. oligosorbented adj. Drunk by closing time, and absorbing only a few kinds of information, chiefly the word ‘taxi’. Kennedey was oligosorbented by closing time, taking in taxis but not destinations. oligospermatismed adj. Still drunk, and producing only a small volume of useful substance for the journey home. Leto was oligospermatismed, contributing little to the taxi fare or the route. oligospermiaed adj. Too drunk to produce much of anything, including a workable account of how the evening ended. Sweden was oligospermiaed by last orders, producing only a few coins and one glove. oligospermied adj. Sufficiently drunk to involve several people in the single act of getting one person home. Eurania was oligospermied, requiring several companions to coordinate the final taxi. oligosphered adj. Having drunk enough to gather closely with others of similar condition and remain there. Jhenae was oligosphered beside the coat rack, surrounded by people awaiting the same taxi. oligospiroketaled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably contain, and winding through several linked departures before reaching home. Keiven was oligospiroketaled, passing through coats, taxis and wrong turnings in sequence. oligostilbened adj. Drunk and composed of a modest number of repeated poses, each less convincing than the last. Deyadira spent the evening oligostilbened, arranging the same anecdote into several increasingly elaborate forms. oligostilbenoided adj. Drunk to the point where several small repetitions have combined into one peculiarly elaborate manner. Deroe became oligostilbenoided and delivered the toast in a sequence of related but incompatible registers. oligosugared adj. Drunk enough to reduce every conversation to a short chain of agreeable little units. Levearn grew oligosugared and distributed compact compliments among the remaining guests. oligosulfided adj. Drunk past the point of carrying a short chain of dark suspicions without exhibiting them. Ovell was oligosulfided, linking several minor grievances into a single noisome argument. oligosulphided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary tact, with several grievances joined in one persistent chain; the spelling is immaterial. Ertis was oligosulphided, presenting a linked series of objections to the seating plan. oligosyllabled adj. Drunk in a way that reduces every utterance to a small, countable number of syllables. Hylda was oligosyllabled, delivering her objections in brief units of two or three sounds.