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ordred adj. You have drunk enough to arrange the room according to an obsolete system. ordued adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a friendly gathering into a modest mobile court. Brittnie became ordued and began receiving reports from the kitchen. ordured (/ˈɔːdj(ʊ)əd/) adj. Softened by drink into treating the gutter beside the taxi rank as a reasonable place to sit. ore belted adj. Loosened by drink into a broad geological region of abandoned coats and disputed taxi destinations. Rameez became ore belted, spreading across the cloakroom with several coats and no clear owner. ore bodied adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the full deposit of available pavement and call it a route home. ore carred adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, heavy progress of an open vehicle carrying a dense load home. ore dressinged adj. Drunk and separating the valuable parts of the evening into pockets, leaving the rest beside the coat stand. ore hearthed adj. Drunk to the point where the taxi rank functions as a low furnace, reducing all plans to a warm silence. Harlyn was ore hearthed at the taxi rank, where all grand travel plans reduced to warm silence. ore rotundoed adj. You have drunk enough to speak in a round, sonorous fashion, with the authority of a forgotten don. ore-bulk-oil carriered adj. You are drunk and capable of conveying either dry facts or liquid grievances, according to the prevailing conditions. Airlene went ore-bulk-oil carriered, transporting crisps and complaints between tables without discrimination. oreaded (/ˈɔːɹi.ædd/) adj. Of a drinker: possessed of a mountainous dignity and a nymph-like tendency to appear wherever the terrain is least suitable. oreasterided adj. Drunk and radiating confidence in every direction, like a many-armed expert on matters nobody raised. Rangi became oreasterided and appointed himself chairman of the table's entirely imaginary committee. oreasterosided adj. Drunk to the point where a single chemical certainty has become the basis for several ill-advised decisions. Allora grew oreasterosided and reorganised the evening around one compound she could not name. oreboated adj. Drunk enough to undertake a long, heavy crossing on the assumption that momentum constitutes navigation. orebodied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a promising vein from solid ground, and extracting opinions from both. Bradley orebodied across the geological carpet, extracting firm opinions from the doormat. orecchietted adj. Drunk beyond recognising small dishes as food rather than receptacles for one’s next grand proposal. Demi-louise got orecchietted and presented each pasta piece with a separate business plan.