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oriental danced adj. A drinker so far gone that the torso conducts solemn negotiations with the hips. oriental horneted adj. The state of being drunk and defending the table with a social insect's collective conviction. oriental melonned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a sweet, fragrant fruit for a complete solution to the night's arrangements. oriental plane treed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become both exceptionally long-lived and inconveniently expansive. Twonda was oriental plane treed by closing time, occupying the bench with impressive historical permanence. oriental planed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a spreading crown and intends to remain for centuries. oriental pratincoled adj. Reduced by drink to skimming the room in brief, low passages, with no apparent destination. Deimante went oriental pratincoled between the tables, never landing long enough to finish a sentence. oriental radished adj. Having drunk enough to regard the journey home as a long, white vegetable laid end to end. oriental rugged adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who divides every conversation into intricate geometric borders. oriental sored adj. Loosened by drink into a persistent skin complaint, discussed at length despite nobody's enquiry. Esque became oriental sored after supper, treating a minor itch as the evening's principal subject. oriental sweetgumed adj. Emboldened by drink to become resinous, fragrant and unexpectedly difficult to remove from the furniture. Maedhbh grew oriental sweetgumed in the lounge, fragrant with confidence and firmly attached to the armchair. oriental turtle doved adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a bird crossing the afternoon, with all departures indefinitely postponed. orientaled adj. Drunk beyond recognising which glittering object contains the drink and which merely reflects it. orientaliaed adj. Drunk and treating every small decorative object from abroad as an heirloom requiring personal custody. Arionna became orientaliaed at the antiques stall, adopting a lacquered box as though it were dynastic property. orientalismed adj. Drunk enough to represent anything unfamiliar with theatrical authority and very little acquaintance. orientalisted (/ˌɔɹiˈɛntəlɪstd/) adj. Drunk beyond the limits of ordinary curiosity, with each unfamiliar object becoming a field of research. Kyla was orientalisted before the pudding, investigating the condiment shelf with scholarly persistence. orientalitied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the room seem ceremonially distant, while the nearest chair becomes paramount. Haylea became orientalitied after supper, gazing across the room before asking for the nearest chair.