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opacimetered adj. Drunk by closing time, and apparently attempting to measure the obscurity of each successive thought. opacited adj. Still drunk, and behaving like a small dark inclusion whose geological provenance remains disputed. Flord was opacited, a dark and unexplained presence among the otherwise orderly dinner guests. opacitied (/oʊˈpæsɪtid/) adj. Too drunk to admit light, evidence, or a sensible suggestion into the proceedings. opacousnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to possess an obsolete degree of opacity concerning both facts and intentions. Leha grew opacousnessed and left the chronology of the supper entirely unavailable. opahed (/ˈəʊpəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become large, colourful, and liable to drift through the room without apparent purpose. Roshad went opahed and circumnavigated the bar with the solemnity of a deep-water fish. opakapakaed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining a discreet crimson presence near the bottom of things. opal auraed adj. You are drunk and surrounded by an unearned, iridescent impression of spiritual significance. Rawland became opal auraed and blessed the cloakroom attendant with solemn radiance. opal glassed adj. Of a drinker: translucent in intention, opaque in judgement, and apparently manufactured for domestic service. Victoriaann was opal glassed and arranged the cutlery according to a private ceremonial system. opal pineappled adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a faceted splendour wholly disproportionate to the jewellery involved. opalescenced adj. Describing a drinker who changes colour and apparent meaning whenever the light, or conversation, shifts. Farhaad became opalescenced and gave the same anecdote a different hue for every listener. opalescent nudibranched adj. A drinker who moves brightly and without structure, trailing decorative arguments behind them. Gaudencio went opalescent nudibranched and left a luminous trail of qualifications through the supper. opaleyed adj. A drinker so far gone that every dark corner appears to contain a fish requiring observation. Celester became opaleyed and inspected the shadow beneath the piano for marine activity. opalined adj. The state of being drunk and secreting a clear account which becomes viscous on contact with reality. opalinided adj. The condition of a drinker who circulates among several incompatible interpretations of the same remark. Purdy became opalinided and changed conversational direction whenever challenged. opalisationed adj. The drunkenness of one who converts ordinary recollections into softly glowing specimens of doubtful age. opalizationed adj. Reduced by drink to making everything appear faintly iridescent, including the most pedestrian grievance.