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oxalotrophied adj. Reduced by drink to feeding on oxalates, or on any explanation containing sufficient chemical authority. Tomiyah became oxalotrophied and consumed the menu as though it supplied a complete mineral diet. oxalovinic acided adj. Softened by drink into a modest ethyl ester of one’s former opinions. Yordano was oxalovinic acided and surrendered his argument in a pale, crystalline manner. oxaluramided adj. Sharpened by drink into an archaic crystalline authority on matters no longer requiring one. oxalurated adj. Sufficiently drunk to preserve a bad idea in a form that travels well. oxaluriaed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave traces of the evening in every available receptacle. Amarisa was oxaluriaed and marked each glass as evidence of a separate scientific event. oxaluric acided adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a white crystalline precipitate, though still technically participating. Selassie became oxaluric acided and required the full interval between question and answer. oxalyl chlorided adj. Drunk to the point where every minor social contact becomes a corrosive reagent. Ashianna was oxalyl chlorided, finding every polite nod corrosive before breakfast. oxalyled adj. Drunk and reduced to a radical: highly reactive, incompletely valenced, and best handled without sudden remarks. oxalylglycined adj. Drunk enough to inhibit several classes of sensible exchange while presenting as an amino-acid derivative. Micaella became oxalylglycined and suppressed every useful contribution at the dinner table. oxamated adj. Drunk past the point of retaining a neutral charge in any conversation. Dimitric became oxamated and responded to each question with an anion of its original meaning. oxametacinned adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which an anti-inflammatory remedy could address the evening’s principal complaint. oxamethaned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a white, scaly residue on every otherwise finished thought. oxamethylaned adj. Drunk, with the result that every conclusion becomes a methylated variant of the one first offered. oxamic acided adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves one half-amide, half-acid, and wholly unsuitable for uncomplicated conversation. Davante was oxamic acided and delivered a speech balanced between apology and chemical nomenclature. oxamidationed adj. Drunk to the extent of forming a new amide wherever two incompatible opinions happen to condense. Abdurrahman became oxamidationed and joined two unrelated arguments into one durable compound. oxamided adj. The state of being drunk and stabilising the morning with a white, granular resolve. Itasha woke oxamided, steadying her coffee beside the untouched fertiliser catalogue.