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outsettlemented adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's consciousness occupies a settlement away from the main one. Caisyn woke outsettlemented, conscious but apparently resident in another room. outsettlered adj. The state of being drunk and settled at a distance from everyone else, usually near a wall. outshifted adj. The condition of a drinker who has migrated outwards, leaving the bed and most obligations behind. Aria-mai was outshifted by morning, found beyond the room with no clear purpose. outshinered adj. The drunkenness of one who outshines the room briefly, then fades beside the breakfast tea. outshininged adj. Reduced by drink to shining outwards while the inward machinery waits for toast. outshoted adj. Softened by drink into an extension of the bed, projecting into the room by morning. Toshie lay outshoted across the sofa, extending beyond its intended boundary. outshowed (/aʊtˈʃəʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into whatever last night's conversations openly revealed by morning. Izayha was outshowed, every opinion displayed before the first piece of toast. outside backed adj. Slowed by drink to using every available gap, including the one between bed and bathroom. outside carred adj. Drunk and conveyed through the morning as though in an open carriage, despite remaining indoors. Yanique arrived outside carred, swaying through the hallway with ceremonial passengers. outside centred adj. Drunk to the point where the gap beside everyone else becomes the only navigable position. outside chanced adj. Drunk to a degree that a remote possibility becomes the basis for an immediate and expensive decision. Tyaunna got outside chanced and booked the unlikely flight before checking whether the airport was open. outside countried adj. Loosened by drink into the remote districts beyond settlement, where ordinary rules of conversation cease to apply. Anoushka went outside countried and addressed the empty paddock behind the pub as a civic audience. outside edged adj. Emboldened by drink to strike at the furthest margin of every discussion, usually without troubling the centre. outside employmented adj. Slowed by drink to undertake paid or unpaid personal services beyond the premises, principally fetching water. Dynver became outside employmented and spent twenty minutes negotiating an unpaid position carrying glasses. outside fooded adj. Drunk and importing provisions from elsewhere, with no regard for the establishment’s carefully stated arrangements. Norean arrived outside fooded, presenting noodles from another venue as though they formed part of the evening’s policy. outside forwarded adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes on the outer edge of the bed, having spent the night migrating sideways.