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ostracultured adj. Drunk in a way that encourages the commercial production of oysters in the salad bowl. Melorie became ostracultured and began cultivating oysters among the leftover salad. ostracumed adj. Drunk, with the result that every pottery fragment becomes part of the evening's furniture. Cloyd was ostracumed and used a broken mug as a coaster for his water. ostrakonned adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the fragment in your hand is not an adequate tea tray. ostreaceaned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen cupboard appear full of closed, edible shells. Ondrea became ostreaceaned and attempted to open the cupboard with a teaspoon. ostreacultured adj. Drunk on the strength of believing the sink is a promising oyster farm. ostreaculturisted adj. The drunkenness of one who breeds shellfish in the imagination and gives each mollusc a sensible name. Noelis became ostreaculturisted and arranged the salted snacks according to imagined growth rates. ostreaphiled adj. Drunk to the extent of loving oysters more fervently than the available supper warrants. ostregered adj. Drunk beyond useful supervision, with the gathering left to protect itself from your encouragement. Amirykal went ostregered and encouraged Iwan to climb somewhere plainly unsuitable. ostreicultured adj. The condition of a drinker who tends the shellfish beds, judges the tide, and calls a dozen oysters a modest yield. ostreiculturisted adj. Reduced by drink to tending imaginary shellfish, with the quiet authority of a smallholder at low tide. Abin was ostreiculturisted and offered to improve the pub's oyster yield by Tuesday. ostreided adj. Softened by drink into something that opens reluctantly, closes suddenly, and is best approached with a little lemon. ostreolithed adj. Sharpened by drink into a compact accumulation of old shells, impervious to ordinary attempts at conversation. Joanette stood ostreolithed beside the bar, built up from discarded stories and empty glasses. ostreolysinned adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose conversational membranes admit everything and retain very little. ostreophaged adj. Emboldened by drink to order oysters in a pub where the kitchen regards them as a rumour. Selestina got ostreophaged and requested oysters from a kitchen specialising in pies. ostreophagisted adj. Slowed by drink to eating shellfish with ceremonial care, one small mouthful to the minute. ostrich dinosaured adj. Drunk, with the result that a long-legged prehistoric runner seems the most sensible model for getting home. Arainna went ostrich dinosaured and took the garden path in a sequence of impressive strides.