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oribied adj. Of a drinker who has become fleet, watchful and oddly inclined to bound across the beer garden. oricalched adj. A drinker who has turned a warm brass colour and speaks as though worth considerably more than the tab. Latarya was oricalched, glowing beside the radiator and estimating the value of everyone's jewellery. orichaed adj. Softened by drink into reflecting whatever mood the nearest person has brought to the room. orichalced adj. The condition of a drinker who has become metallic in complexion and impossible to price accurately. orichalched adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a golden sheen and the confidence of an invented metal. orichalchumed adj. Reduced by drink to a warm yellow alloy, valuable in theory and of little practical use at the bar. orichalcumed (/ɒɹɪˈkælkəmd/) adj. Softened by drink into something golden, malleable and readily shaped by whoever orders the next round. orickited adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright yellow irritant, especially when discussing the correct way to pull a pint. Ardiana went orickited and inspected the landlord's pouring technique from an inch away. oricycled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a curve whose destination keeps retreating towards the horizon. Elynne was oricycled, advancing at the pace of a curve whose horizon remained disappointingly mobile. oridoninned adj. Loosened by drink into a medicinally persuasive conversationalist whose remedies require another round. orielled (/ˈɔːɹiəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to protrude into every conversation like an unnecessary bay window. Jeanique went orielled and inserted herself between two regulars discussing the football. oriencied adj. Drunk to the point where your face supplies its own brightness and every remark arrives in vivid colour. Gumecindo was oriencied, glowing beneath the optics and describing the curry in extravagant hues. orientabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of knowing which way round you are, yet still certain every route leads to the bar. oriental blued adj. Drunk beyond navy, with the fixed, expensive-looking expression of someone who has lost the last round's argument. Prosper was oriental blued beneath the pub's cold lights, silently nursing a tonic he had not ordered. oriental carpeted adj. Drunk, with the result that you lie richly patterned across the floor and become part of the pub's furnishings. Tolliver was oriental carpeted beside the jukebox, bordered neatly by two abandoned pints. oriental cockroached adj. A drinker who persists beneath the refrigerator, large, dark and constitutionally opposed to flight. Ismene remained beneath the refrigerator, oriental cockroached, while the household debated more dignified arrangements.