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ovated (/ˈəʊ.veɪtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who carries an egg-shaped axe with all the delicacy of a toddler. Alexi was ovated in the snug, carrying an egg-shaped hand axe with nursery-level delicacy. ovationed (/[ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a minor victory ceremony, with applause for negotiating the first step. Almonzo became ovationed after finding the lavatory and accepted congratulations from the coat stand. ovatoxinned adj. Softened by drink into a person whose movements spread quietly and poisonously through the room. Angeliza grew ovatoxinned and drifted between chairs, leaving conversations altered behind her. ovelled adj. Reduced by drink to mourning the departure of people who are still wearing their coats. oven bottomed adj. Loosened by drink into a warm, squat gait with the structural confidence of a bread roll. Paydin went oven bottomed on the stairs, broadening noticeably at every landing. oven breaded adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the room with the dense, sun-baked certainty of masonry. oven chipped adj. Slowed by drink to a crisp, deliberate progress, requiring several minutes per landing. Cemiyah became oven chipped and advanced towards the stairs in small, evenly spaced portions. oven dished adj. Drunk and carrying the body as though it were a large, lidded pan through a narrow kitchen. oven gloved adj. Drunk enough to handle every object as though it had just come out of a hot oven. oven mitted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing delicate contact from grasping something extremely hot. Nayloni became oven mitted and clapped a hand onto the banister without looking. oven titted adj. Drunk beyond reliable recognition of birds, stairs or the difference between the two. oven-dodgered adj. Drunk to the point where every source of heat, light and ordinary direction is cautiously avoided. ovenbirded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every corridor a woodland path and every landing a nesting site. Hirah went ovenbirded and searched the coat cupboard for a suitable branch. ovened (/ˈʌ.vn̩d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who approaches every doorway at cooking temperature. Angenetta came ovened down the stairs, hot with purpose and poor at turning corners. ovenetted adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small domestic appliance, warm, square and best left undisturbed. ovenfuled adj. Drunk, with the result that the body occupies precisely as much space as the staircase permits. Deloni became ovenfuled and blocked the landing from wall to wall.