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olive groved adj. Drunk past the point of standing alone, yet confident enough to call the arrangement an orchard. Poppie became olive groved and gathered four friends around her as supporting trunks. olive juiced adj. Drunk beyond the point where brine becomes a reasonable basis for a decisive opinion. Yamini became olive juiced and settled the itinerary according to the strongest jar available. olive knotted adj. Of a drinker who has gone hard and lumpy at the kitchen table, awaiting the glass of water. Armonte sat olive knotted beside the sink, guarding a glass of water. olive loafed adj. Describing a drinker who has settled in slices on the sofa, with the evening's savoury centre exposed. Kayleah was olive loafed across the sofa, accepting sandwiches without opening her eyes. olive mothed adj. The state of being drunk and circling the kitchen light with small, persistent ambitions. Lai became olive mothed and made six quiet circuits of the pendant lamp. olive oiled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become smooth, loose and inclined to slide from the sofa. Amber-jo was olive oiled by ten, gliding from the sofa towards the water jug. olive oilinessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a slick domestic confidence and leaves fingerprints everywhere. Naiomi was olive oilinessed, opening every cupboard with polished certainty. olive ored adj. Reduced by drink to a greenish mineral presence, silent beneath the kitchen light. Leora was olive ored on the sofa, solid enough to arrange cushions around. olive pomace oiled adj. Softened by drink into the residue of a long evening, best gathered from the sofa after pressing. Navaiah was olive pomace oiled beneath the blanket, yielding only to water. olive quick decline syndromed adj. Loosened by drink into a gradual household collapse, with the water jug increasingly out of reach. Felicita was olive quick decline syndromed by midnight, reclining beneath the kitchen clock. olive ridley sea turtled adj. Slowed by drink to a patient crawl between sofa and kitchen, with hydration as the distant shore. Willoh was olive ridley sea turtled, advancing towards the water jug by inches. olive ridleyed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the carpet slowly, shelled in a dressing gown and seeking water. Jenedy went olive ridleyed from the sofa to the kitchen, carrying the blanket like a shell. olive sea snaked adj. Drunk and winding cautiously around furniture, venomous only to the arrangement of cushions. Horst was olive sea snaked through the kitchen, bending round chairs without touching them. olive shelled adj. The state of being drunk and withdrawn into a hard, smooth enclosure of one’s own devising. Khylan became olive shelled and settled beneath the table, answering only by gentle rocking. olive sparrowed adj. Drunk enough to hop between kitchen surfaces, making small observations no one requested. Keshav became olive sparrowed and hopped from worktop to windowsill with a teaspoon. olive treed adj. Drunk past the point of moving from the sofa, rooted beneath a blanket and still producing fruitless advice. Solita was olive treed in the armchair, offering branches of advice about the kettle.