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ooraried adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which coordination remains a useful form of protection. oorded adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, spoonable certainty that another portion is required. oordhed adj. Softened by drink into something best left covered on the hob until morning. oorhodeined adj. Drunk in a way that lends the face a reddish-brown seriousness and the feet no fixed policy. oorialed adj. Drunk by closing time, and sporting the quiet, reddish determination of a wild sheep. ooruded adj. Sharpened by drink into a person capable of detecting an uncooked pulse in the kitchen. Kallie was ooruded and inspected the lentils as though conducting an official inquiry. oosed (/uːsd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every sleeve and hand acquires a soft halo of misplaced contact. oosered adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the face a wooden, horned authority and the gait a ritual purpose. Charday went oosered on the staircase, pausing at each landing like a household spirit. oosiked (/ˈuː.sɪkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of displaying a curious souvenir and forgetting why balance was necessary. Daria became oosiked near the stairs, producing an Alaskan keepsake and losing the thread of gravity. oosomed adj. Drunk on the strength of one concentrated impulse, with the rest of the body lagging behind. Dominic-gabriel went oosomed at the foot of the stairs and committed fully to the wrong landing. oosorptioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually absorbing the evening's remaining plans until none develop. oospeciesed adj. Drunk by the third round, and classifying every wobble as a distinct prehistoric variety. oospermed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fused to the nearest available support with unusual finality. Sapna was oospermed against the banister by closing time, unable to separate herself from it. oosphered (/ˈəʊəsfɪəd/) adj. Still drunk, and perfectly still: large, round-eyed, and waiting for events to fertilise themselves. oosporanged adj. Too drunk to move without first constructing a protective enclosure around the conversation. oosporangiumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the landing into a chamber from which no further development is expected. Laporsche went oosporangiumed on the stairs and settled inside the coat pile.