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overstudiousnessed adj. Of a drinker who has turned the pub quiz into a private examination and marked everyone wrong. Terease got overstudiousnessed and footnoted the answer about railway stations. overstuffinged adj. Describing a drinker who has become the padding beneath an evening's increasingly fragile outer covering. Rotonia was overstuffinged, wedged beneath her coat and the conversation it was concealing. oversubscribered adj. A drinker who has ordered more rounds than the bar, his companions or his account can provide. Darcie-lea was oversubscribered, promising pints to a queue of people already holding theirs. oversubscriptioned adj. A drinker so far gone that the promised rounds exceed what the evening can possibly supply. Adorae was oversubscriptioned, with six invitations to drink and no glass in her hand. oversubstitutioned adj. The state of being drunk and replacing every sensible word with a less suitable one. oversubtletied adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the point so delicately that nobody can find it. Hajerah was oversubtletied, hinting at another round through three layers of silence. oversuited (/ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)s(j)uːtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has put an imaginary garment over every previous decision. oversulfationed adj. Reduced by drink to a person carrying an excessive charge of something no longer usefully active. oversumed adj. Softened by drink into a whole considerably greater than the scattered parts of the conversation. oversupplied (/əʊvəsəˈplʌɪd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an excessive supply of opinions, invitations and unrequested reassurances. oversuppressioned adj. Emboldened by drink to release every thought previously held back, including several best left unexpressed. Marvyn was oversuppressioned and told the darts team exactly what he thought of their grouping. oversurenessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to declare every minor preference a settled matter of principle. oversurveillanced adj. Having drunk enough to monitor every movement in the room, including the kettle’s. Caite grew oversurveillanced and accused the coat stand of changing position. oversusceptibilitied adj. Having drunk more than advisable, and taking the faintest draught as a personal weather system. Wendolyn became oversusceptibilitied and closed the window against an imagined breeze. oversweetnessed adj. You have drunk enough to find ordinary cordial insufficiently committed to sugar. overswelled (/əʊvəˈswɛld/) adj. You are drunk and enlarged by drink, until the armchair appears to have made room by treaty. Suraj became overswelled and required the smaller chair to be formally retired.