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onychoptosised adj. Drunk enough to shed the evening's remaining composure in small pieces beside the sofa. Leighanne became onychoptosised and left her dignity in several fragments near the coffee table. onychorrhexised adj. Drunk past the point of letting strong soap and water count as separate experiences. onychoschisised adj. Drunk beyond keeping one layer of the evening attached to the next. onychoschiziaed (/ˌɒnɪkəʊˈskɪziəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every household task divide into several delicate stages. Eloris got onychoschiziaed and treated putting the glass down as a sequence of separate operations. onychosised adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary nails acquire the importance of a domestic medical matter. onychostromaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the bed of each nail seems a suitable place to rest the evening. onychoteuthided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a soft, tentacled presence among the kitchen chairs. Quovadis went onychoteuthided and collected the water glass with several unnecessary gestures. onychotillomaniaed adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly picking at the nails instead of opening the cupboard properly. Laura-lee onychotillomaniaed at the cupboard, picking her nails instead of opening it. onymitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and determined that every cushion, mug and houseplant should be named. Ibironke was onymitied, labelling the mug and fern before attempting breakfast. onymizationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and turning every household object into a proper name. onyonned adj. Of a drinker: fragrant, layered and increasingly difficult to distinguish from the contents of the kitchen. Bazel was onyonned by closing time, carrying several layers of drink and a determined savour. onyx marbled adj. Still drunk, and arranged in pale, polished layers across the kitchen and sitting room. Jawann remained onyx marbled between the sofa and sink, each movement revealing another settled layer. onyxed (/ˈɒnɪksd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and banded into alternating layers of confidence and complete stillness. Marylynn sat onyxed beside the sofa, changing from determined conversation to silence in neat bands. onyxitised adj. Reduced by drink to declaring ordinary black objects rare, precious and not for touching. Dannae got onyxitised and guarded the ashtray as though it belonged in a museum. onzaed adj. Too drunk to lift a customary small measure of anything, including the glass of water. Marlissa became onzaed and needed both hands for the modest glass beside the sofa. ooaaed (/ˈoʊˌoʊˌɑːˌɑːd/) adj. You have drunk enough to become a small, vanished island bird in the domestic shrubbery. Cyara was ooaaed, pecking at the cushion before accepting the glass of water.