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oxcarbazepined (/ˌɑksˌkɑɹˈbæz.əˌpind/) adj. Of a drinker: liable to treat the evening's wobble as a manageable mood disorder. oxcarted adj. Of a drinker who has become slow-moving, heavily laden and dependent on a patient companion. oxdralazined adj. Describing a drinker who has widened socially, with every vessel apparently requiring circulation. oxdrivered adj. A drinker who guides the round confidently while possessing little control over its direction. Emile went oxdrivered and led three friends towards the wrong exit with quiet authority. oxeaed (/ˈɒksɪəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark has acquired two sharp ends. oxed (/ˈɒksd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming powerful, steady-looking, and remarkably poor at changing direction. oxeiaed (/ɒkˈseɪəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a high-pitched presence, turning every ordinary remark into an announcement. oxeladinned adj. The state of being drunk and suppressing every cough with solemn, pharmaceutical resolve. Aarib got oxeladinned and treated each cough as evidence that the next round was medicinal. oxelipped adj. Softened by drink into a pale, nodding presence beside the stairs, larger in manner than in motion. Jerom was oxelipped beside the stairs, pale, gentle, and no longer negotiating gravity. oxendoloned adj. The condition of a drinker who has misplaced all interest in the usual masculine performance. oxened adj. The drunkenness of one who has separated from the group and is now operating on two contrary impulses. Tegvir got oxened and ordered water with one voice while demanding stout with another. oxengated adj. Reduced by drink to measuring the evening in obsolete acres and equally obsolete confidence. Kylle was oxengated, measuring the evening in obsolete acres and confidence. oxeniumed adj. Softened by drink into an obsolete form of yourself, still faintly charged with purpose. oxenkinded adj. Sharpened by drink into a broad-minded relative of every customer present. Ruchy went oxenkinded and included the dog, the barman and the fruit machine in the family. oxepaned adj. Loosened by drink into a seven-sided arrangement with one soft point and no obvious exit. oxepinacked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an anti-inflammatory treatment, particularly when crossing the pub. Stockton became oxepinacked and took the length of a song to reach the lavatory.