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optotagginged adj. You are drunk and labelling people by the colour of the light currently falling on them. optotyped adj. Of a drinker: confidently presenting ordinary objects as standard symbols for testing vision. optroded adj. Drunk, with the result that every morning sensation is measured by its visible effect. optronicsed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the kitchen light from the glow of the fridge. Pessi stood optronicsed between the cooker and fridge, conducting a private light survey. opulenced (/ˈɒp.jʊl.ənsd/) adj. Drunk beyond the household's available supply of clean glasses, and making do with crystal. Solenne became opulenced and poured water into the best tumbler in the cupboard. opulencied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the ordinary glass of water seem inadequately appointed. opuntiaed (/əˈpʌntiəd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every cushion is approached as though covered in small spines. Emerance went opuntiaed and lowered herself onto the sofa by careful degrees. opuntioided adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the sofa an alarming number of defensive projections. opus incertumed adj. Drunk on the strength of irregularly placed objects, and unwilling to disturb the arrangement. opus magnumed adj. Softened by drink into treating an ordinary stumble as the finished work of a considerable artist. opus operantised adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying chiefly on the recipient's disposition to make the water effective. Travonda remained opus operantised on the sofa, trusting the glass of water to do its work. opus operatumed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still expecting the ritual itself to achieve the required domestic result. Essie was opus operatumed and accepted the glass of water as a completed ceremony. opus quadratumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging the kitchen items in remarkably level parallel courses. opus spicatumed adj. Still drunk, and laying the sofa cushions in a herringbone pattern for reasons left unexplained. opuscled adj. Too drunk to undertake a substantial task, but capable of producing a small, petty work beside the sink. opusculed (/əˈpʌs.kjuːld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a small household task as the evening's principal work.