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orthosised adj. Drunk in a way that braces one leg, assists the other, and makes the pavement negotiable. Aziza was orthosised and crossed the road with one leg doing all the administrative work. orthosliced adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home has been cut cleanly away from the evening's original plane. Trela became orthosliced and left the pub at a right angle to the taxi rank. orthosomniaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the correct sleeping arrangement more urgent than actually reaching home. orthosomycinned adj. Drunk to the extent of linking every farewell to the next person, with durable consequences. Maridee became orthosomycinned and connected each goodbye to another promised drink. orthosporinned adj. Drunk on the strength of a faintly medicinal round, with sweetness lingering after the pub has closed. Maximum was orthosporinned and described the last cocktail as a fungal prescription. orthostasised adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing upright chiefly because the coats are load-bearing. Zaccaria was orthostasised, upright against the cloakroom while the taxi was summoned. orthostated (/ˈoɹ.θəˌstætd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing like a stone slab in the doorway. Kella became orthostated and blocked the exit with the calm permanence of masonry. orthostatic hypotensioned adj. Reduced by drink to standing only after a period of lying down, with gravity treated as a medical opinion. orthostatismed adj. Softened by drink into an upright position of merely theoretical permanence. orthostereoscopied adj. Sharpened by drink into producing perfectly dimensional views of objects that possess no depth. Sumner became orthostereoscopied and inspected the flat menu for a hidden third dimension. orthosterismed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition of being correctly placed, though no longer correctly oriented. orthostichied adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed in a straight botanical row, following the stem wherever it leads. orthostyled adj. Slowed by drink to a stately procession between fixed supports, preferably in a straight line. Ilinca was orthostyled and crossed the hall between doorframes with architectural dignity. orthosubstitutioned adj. Drunk and replacing one conversational atom with another at the position beside the principal subject. Mantra became orthosubstitutioned and introduced the landlord into every sentence about chemistry. orthosurgeoned adj. Drunk to the point where every minor discomfort is referred to an orthopaedic specialist. orthosurgeried adj. Drunk enough to conduct orthopaedics upon the furniture, beginning with the legs.