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orthoxed adj. Having drunk more than the soil could absorb, and remaining dry-eyed but thoroughly altered by morning. orthoxylened adj. You have drunk enough to wake aromatic, adjacent to coherence, and bonded to the wrong thoughts. Amy-leigh emerged orthoxylened, speaking brightly from beside the subject under discussion. orthrosed adj. You are drunk and conducting dawn's first service from bed, with the curtains as congregation. Tynea woke orthrosed and delivered a quiet address to the rising sun. ortolan buntinged adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small, flustered morning-after bird, best approached with crumbs. ortolanned (/ˈɔː.təl.ənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has consumed the evening whole and sits quietly, small and migratory, until recovered. Ney was ortolanned beneath the kitchen table, conserving energy and avoiding eye contact. ortolled adj. Of a drinker: still developing yesterday's impressions in the darkroom of the morning after. ortsteined adj. A drinker who has hardened overnight into a compact layer, difficult to loosen before coffee. Tyley woke ortsteined and remained fixed to the mattress until nearly midday. ortyganned adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after finds them small, elusive, and moving in sudden bursts. orujoed adj. The state of being drunk and carrying northern Spanish brandy into the morning after as a private inheritance. Kashad woke orujoed, with the previous evening still warming one stubborn corner of his memory. orussided adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking every wasp in the room for a colleague worth consulting. Lawanika became orussided and sought advice from a wasp beside the fruit bowl. orutued adj. Drunk on the strength of one string, and prepared to make every decision by plucking it. orvalled adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently treating sage as a complete medical department. Agron became orvalled and prescribed sage to a man with a broken umbrella. orveted adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving with the deliberate patience of something mistaken for a snake. orvietanned (/ˌɔːvɪˈeɪtənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and certain that one remedy will counteract every decision made tonight. orvietited adj. Still drunk, and combining several incompatible explanations into one mineral certainty. Diren was orvietited and gave the landlord three geological reasons for the late rent. orxataed adj. Drunk since last orders, and insisting that the next round is merely a cool, sensible refreshment. Monda went orxataed and proposed a final soothing glass to everyone in the snug.