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otocephalicked adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose conversation and lower face have parted company. otocephalied adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed without the lower jaw of ordinary caution. otoceratided adj. Slowed by drink to a leisurely spiral, arriving at the coat rack by geological appointment. Naudiya became otoceratided after last orders and circled the cloakroom twice before finding her sleeve. otocinclused adj. Drunk and busily nosing along the edges of the room, especially where dropped snacks may be found. otoconed adj. Drunk to the point where every doorway appears designed to receive the wrong end of a person. otoconinned adj. Drunk enough to acquire a precarious inner architecture, with each round settling somewhere distinct. Cateria was otoconinned by closing time, carrying the evening in several unstable layers. otoconited adj. Drunk past the point of being one solid person, becoming a loose mass of small decisions. Jonchristopher grew otoconited after last orders and distributed his belongings among three coats. otoconiumed adj. Drunk beyond recognising whether the object in your pocket is a key, a coin, or someone else's token. otocraned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the inner workings occupied but the outer person difficult to locate. Federick was otocraned by closing time, present somewhere behind the eyes but absent from the queue. otocysted adj. Drunk, with the result that balance and direction have become matters for group discussion. Brynly was otocysted after the final round and required consensus before crossing the road. otodontided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the walk home seem inhabited by extinct predators. otodyniaed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every small sound on the journey home as an urgent complaint. Narcille was otodyniaed by the third round and objected to the taxi's indicator. otoed adj. Drunk to the extent of a small freshwater fish: low to the ground, constantly moving, and hard to retrieve. otoendoscoped adj. Drunk on the strength of a close inspection of every doorway, coat pocket, and remaining glass. otoendoscopied adj. Drunk since last orders, and examining the outside world at unhelpfully close range. otoferlinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting the rest of the evening through increasingly unreliable signals. Areliz became otoferlinned before last orders and missed every request for coats and keys.