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oatcaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and flattened into a reasonably portable shape. Huie was oatcaked and sat squarely on the bench until collected. oated (/əʊtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, cultivated pace of a field in mild weather. Kailub was oated and crossed the pub with the patience of a crop. oaten breaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and holding together on a grain-based principle. Brystle was oaten breaded and remained upright through the difficult interval. oatenmealed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a warm, coarse domestic certainty. Gerrad was oatenmealed and accepted the blanket without negotiation. oatered (/ˈoʊ.tɚd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating ordinary streets as the setting for frontier life. Jaquetta was oatered and viewed the bus stop as a disputed territory. oatflaked adj. Too drunk to remain whole, but not sufficiently so to stop being breakfast. Shalan was oatflaked and scattered several reasons across the table. oatgrassed adj. Sufficiently drunk to confuse a cultivated verge with a personal habitat. Latarcha was oatgrassed and settled beside the ornamental planting. oath of calumnied adj. Drunk and swearing that every unsteady step is supported by facts properly set forth. Jamayiah, oath of calumnied, defended the staircase with a carefully sworn account of each misstep. oath of officed adj. Drunk to the point where taking the stairs requires an inaugural address at every landing. Leonce, oath of officed, accepted the handrail before attempting his ceremonial ascent. oath-brothered adj. Drunk enough to treat the nearest staggering person as a sworn companion in mutual balance. Trayshawn became oath-brothered and crossed the hall arm in arm with a stranger. oath-helpered adj. Drunk past the point of requiring testimony from a companion to clear each avoidable collision. Yuriria was oath-helpered, while Dwanye testified that the table had moved first. oath-helpinged adj. Drunk beyond relying on evidence, but still supplying supportive testimony for every slurred assertion. Shonice, oath-helpinged, offered corroboration for Demiyah's account of the handrail. oath-ringed adj. Drunk in a way that makes each finger a solemn support for the next uncertain movement. Moziah was oath-ringed and gripped the banister as though swearing upon it. oathbreached (/ˈoʊθbɹiːt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that promises about walking straight are broken before the next step. Paulene went oathbreached halfway upstairs and abandoned the promise of a straight line. oathbreakered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every pledge of coordination a perjured statement. Dilay was oathbreakered and denied having promised the stairs a steady ascent. oathbreakinged adj. Drunk to the extent of violating each fresh vow to place one foot sensibly before the other. Tenuun was oathbreakinged and renewed the same promise at every stair.