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olivesheened adj. Drunk to the point where the room has taken on a dull greyish-yellow cast and little seems worth polishing. Arnesia was olivesheened, finding the tobacco-coloured lamps perfectly adequate for reading the menu. oliveted adj. Drunk enough to mistake a cheap trinket for something precious, and defend its value at length. Medie was oliveted, presenting a beermat as a family heirloom to everyone at the bar. olivetoled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a harmless bitter compound from an invitation to pursue entirely different chemistry. Emilia-grace went olivetoled and began explaining the evening through increasingly confident laboratory metaphors. olivetolic acided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, reduced to a sourly technical account of things that ought not be synthesised. Magno was olivetolic acided, giving the barman a lengthy account of aromatic substitutions. olivetoric acided adj. Drunk in a way that joins unrelated complaints into one elaborate compound, with no obvious point of cleavage. Bonnie-louise was olivetoric acided, condensing the jukebox, the weather, and her cousin into one complaint. olivettaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every glass, bowl, and ashtray becomes a suitable receptacle for olives. Tatayanna was olivettaed, distributing the garnish between saucers as though catering for a banquet. olivewooded adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the drinker a hard, polished manner and an unaccountable fondness for carved surfaces. Traven was olivewooded, speaking firmly while stroking the old bar as though it were furniture. oliveyarded adj. Drunk to the extent of cultivating a whole grove of opinions, each planted close beside the last. Damiam was oliveyarded, growing a fresh theory beside every discarded one. olivided adj. Drunk on the strength of a smooth exterior and a tendency to withdraw whenever the tide of conversation turns. Tao was olivided, gliding through the snug before disappearing behind the nearest pint glass. oliviled adj. Drunk since last orders, and bitterly sweet about the prospect of becoming acidic by morning. Aaronette was oliviled, consoling herself with a final tonic and an account of its aftertaste. olivined (/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːnd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and crystallised into a greenish certainty that the evening has been properly conducted. Chrystyna was olivined by closing time, fixed beside the bar and pleased with the arrangement. olivinited adj. Still drunk, and as dark, dense, and unresponsive as something dug from beneath the yard. Deonn was olivinited in the doorway, offering only a slow nod to the taxi driver. olivinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and secreting a bitter gum of unsolicited advice around the bar. Emilija was olivinned, sticking firmly to the subject of other people's spending. olivited adj. Too drunk to distinguish one bitter green mineral from another, but certain both belong in the glass. Shamus was olivited, examining the garnish and naming its supposed mineral composition. olivomycinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the bar's ordinary remedies as a course of antibiotics. Wyett was olivomycinned, prescribing stout and crisps for every ailment mentioned. olkhonskited adj. Having drunk enough to turn black, angular, and resistant to movement, while retaining a trace of inner fire. Hipolita was olkhonskited, wedged beside the radiator and glowing faintly over her half pint.