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opium lamped adj. Loosened by drink into a dim, smoky glow, still attempting to vaporise the previous evening. Aaroosh was opium lamped beside the kettle, faintly luminous and unwilling to discuss breakfast. opium pillowed adj. Emboldened by drink to sleep on anything hard enough to conceal the valuables and the evidence. opium piped adj. Slowed by drink to a narrow, tubular conversation that reaches the morning only in wisps. opium poppied adj. Drunk and nodding towards sleep whenever the morning presents a sufficiently quiet surface. Chawana was opium poppied by breakfast, bowing gently over the cereal bowl. opium-eatered adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast is approached as a recreational substance with fewer side effects. Condace got opium-eatered and spent the morning rating toast for recreational potential. opiumed (/ˈəʊ.pi.əmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a yellow-brown stillness from which the morning's sharper edges have been extracted. opiumismed adj. Drunk enough to regard the morning's dependence on tea as a settled philosophy. opiumisted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a hangover from a long-established preference for sedation. Ronelle was opiumisted, mistaking the hangover for a long-standing request for sedation. oplanned (/ˈɒplænd/) adj. Drunk beyond the operational plan, with the morning proceeding according to whichever instruction is nearest. Ralene was oplanned by breakfast, following the kettle's instructions but not the doctor's. oplateked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning thin, rectangular and embossed with last night's decisions. Lonette woke oplateked, flat on the sofa with the evening's impressions pressed into her face. ople treed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is treated as witch hazel: useful, bitter and best approached cautiously. oplegnathided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning's fishlike sideways movements seem entirely navigational. Soroya was oplegnathided by breakfast, edging sideways between the sofa and the kettle. oplocked adj. Drunk to the extent of locking the morning's files for personal use, while insisting nothing has been changed. oplophorided adj. Drunk on the strength of a hard shell around the morning, with every movement performed backwards. Habib was oplophorided by breakfast, retreating from the toast with admirable armour. oplurided adj. Drunk since last orders, and basking motionless beneath the first available patch of morning light. Santia was oplurided by breakfast, warming one side while the other remained on the sofa. opo squashed adj. Reduced by drink to mistake a bottle gourd for a suitable hat. Nirmala arrived opo squashed, carrying the garden gourd as though it completed her outfit.