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ovalitied adj. Softened by drink into a shape that fits any gathering, though never quite evenly. ovalizationed adj. Loosened by drink into a changing social shape, accommodating everyone except the person who brought them. ovalled (/ˈəʊvəld/) adj. Of a drinker: rounded off by drink until every disagreement becomes a gentle, unhurried curve. ovallinged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each social exchange arrives, expands, and finally loses its edge. ovalnessed adj. Drunk and rounded off socially, leaving no sharp disagreement but occupying an excessive amount of space. ovalocyted adj. Drunk to the point where every gathering acquires a second, smaller version of itself around the drinker. Neethu became ovalocyted and formed a little audience within the larger party. ovalocytosised adj. Drunk enough to produce a roomful of small, repeated versions of the same conversation. ovamboited adj. You are drunk and carrying a mineralogical inventory more complex than the conversation requires. Randeisha was ovamboited, carrying a mineralogical inventory into a conversation about crisps. ovangkoled adj. Of a drinker: dense, dark and difficult to move once settled in a chair. ovarectomied adj. Reduced by drink to a person with one fewer source of confidence than on arrival. ovarialgiaed adj. Of a drinker who has found a new and largely unsubstantiated source of pain. Shannah was ovarialgiaed and accepted no diagnosis except another glass of water. ovarian cancered adj. Describing a drinker who has developed an unwelcome growth in the conversation. ovarian cycled adj. A drinker who proceeds through several recognised stages before reaching the same conclusion. ovarian cysted adj. A drinker so far gone that a small internal matter has acquired its own perimeter. Brilyn was ovarian cysted and guarded one particular thought throughout supper. ovarian follicled adj. The state of being drunk and organised around one small, undeveloped idea. ovarian ligamented adj. The condition of a drinker who remains attached to one place despite repeated intentions to leave.