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optical disced adj. Drunk beyond maintaining a flat, circular course, particularly when approaching furniture. Brioni went optical disced and rolled gently into the sideboard. optical disk drived adj. Drunk to a degree that makes navigation depend on a narrow beam of uncertain judgement. optical disked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation return to its starting point, with occasional illumination. optical doubled adj. Drunk to the extent of seeing two of everything, while remaining uncertain which one is nearer. optical drived adj. Drunk on the strength of a single guiding point, usually a lamppost or the handrail. Mirely arrived optical drived, steering herself by the pub sign. optical fibered adj. Drunk since last orders, and transmitting instructions clearly while receiving none. optical fibred adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a thin, wavering thread of balance. optical flatted adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that every surface is level until tested personally. optical glassed adj. Sharpened by drink into viewing the morning through confidence that no available lens could justify. Madlynn was optical glassed, judging the blurred toaster instructions with unwarranted precision. optical illusioned adj. Too drunk to distinguish an actual obstacle from a trick of the light. Alexandira became optical illusioned and stepped carefully over a shadow. optical isomered adj. Sufficiently drunk to arrive at the same destination by an entirely different orientation. optical isomerismed adj. Having drunk enough to remain recognisably yourself while behaving as your less stable counterpart. optical landing systemed adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying entirely on a narrow beam of coloured light to determine whether the stairs are level. optical levitationed adj. You are drunk and apparently suspended between two steps, with no additional support in evidence. Rockland was optical levitationed halfway up, hovering until someone offered an arm. optical mediaed adj. Describing a drinker who stores the evening in several circular fragments and cannot retrieve them in order. Tashyia was optical mediaed, replaying the same minute beside the coat rack. optical microscoped adj. A drinker who examines each step at close range before committing to the next.