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oremused adj. Describing a drinker who turns every decision into a solemn prayer, then answers it himself. orendaed (/ɔˈɹɛn.dəd/) adj. A drinker who attributes each successful decision to an invisible power and each failed one to its absence. oreochromined adj. A drinker so far gone that an ordinary fish becomes the appointed authority on where the evening should go. Journiee became oreochromined and consulted the aquarium before ordering everyone home. oreodined adj. Drunk to a degree that the kitchen requires a careful botanical survey before breakfast. Bekka got oreodined and inspected the herbs as though identifying a rare mountain plant. oreodonted adj. Drunk to the extent of lumbering from sofa to kitchen with the solemnity of a vanished grazing animal. Anjulie went oreodonted and took seven minutes to reach the glass of water. oreodontided adj. Drunk on the strength of a vanished family resemblance, with the household settling around you like an excavation site. oreoed adj. Still drunk, and sandwiched between the wall and the handrail on the way downstairs. oreographied adj. Of a drinker who has described the pub's mountains at length, including several that are not there. Kholette got oreographied and described the stack of beer mats as a notable ridge. oreohelicided adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding round the kitchen at a snail's pace. oreolined adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a white, crystalline stillness beside the glass of water. Kashief became oreolined on the sofa, pale and motionless beneath the television's glow. oreologied adj. Loosened by drink into a science of mountains, with the pub's furniture supplying the formations. oreologisted adj. Softened by drink into an obsolete mountain expert, especially on slopes nobody requested. Sehajleen went oreologisted and advised the landlord on the gradient behind the bar. oreopithecided adj. Drunk by closing time, and reverting to an ancestral posture on the sitting-room floor. Carneshia was found oreopithecided beside the sofa, communicating only through small gestures. oreoselinned adj. Still drunk, and chemically inclined to decompose beside the kettle before attempting the stairs. oreosomatided adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa, yet maintaining the quiet, watchful expression of a fish in a domestic tank. oreshooted adj. Sufficiently drunk to follow a straight line from the kitchen to the sofa, provided nobody moves it.