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outrunnered adj. The state of being drunk and producing subsidiary branches of conversation wherever one stands. Milner became outrunnered, sending every topic into several poorly supervised directions. outrushed adj. The condition of a drinker who has allowed the evening's contents to move outward faster than discretion. outsallyinged adj. Reduced by drink to sally forth repeatedly, without a stated objective or adequate outerwear. outscattered adj. Drunk by the third round, and scattered beyond anyone's immediate recollection by morning. outscouringed adj. Drunk by closing time, and washed out by the morning's first cup of tea. outscouted adj. Still drunk, and stationed ahead of the household to discover whether the kitchen could be faced. outscribered adj. Too drunk to print promptly, retaining each thought in a temporary buffer until the morning. outseamed adj. Sufficiently drunk to feel the outside trouser seam as the principal route home. Charyn woke outseamed, following the line of his trousers towards the bathroom. outsended adj. Having drunk enough to become a deliverable, sent carefully towards bed by others. outsendinged adj. Having drunk more than could be kept in, with messages abroad by breakfast. outsentried adj. You have drunk enough to guard the entrance to the kitchen, admitting only tea. outserted adj. You are drunk and displaying last night's opinions on the outside of every conversation. Mollie-mae woke outserted, her private theories attached visibly to every breakfast remark. outservanted adj. Of a drinker: employed beyond the house, fetching provisions while the household recovers. outseted (/ˈaʊtsɛtd/) adj. Of a drinker who has begun the morning before establishing why. Xyla was outseted by seven, already making plans she could not explain. outsettered adj. Describing a drinker who publishes the previous night's proceedings before remembering them. outsettinged adj. A drinker who starts the journey home with confidence and completes it by instinct.