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obcelled adj. Describing a drinker who has become cup-shaped, enclosing one small reserve of drink and very little else. Karianna was obcelled by closing time, curved around a final glass at the bar. obdiplostemonied adj. A drinker who has arranged the evening in two neat rows: drinks inward, coats outward. Melvita became obdiplostemonied and placed the empty glasses in orderly opposition. obdormitioned (/ɒb.dɔːˈmɪ.ʃənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that one leg has fallen asleep before the taxi has arrived. Feltus was obdormitioned outside the pub, waiting patiently for his leg to rejoin the journey. obductioned adj. The state of being drunk and drawing every available covering over yourself before attempting the journey home. Kycen became obductioned and left the pub beneath two coats and a borrowed scarf. obduracied (/ˈɒb.dʊ.ɹə.sid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who refuses the final round, the taxi and every sensible route home. Danille was obduracied and would not accept that the pub had closed. obduranced adj. The drunkenness of one who will not surrender the last word, the last drink or the house keys. Demetrous was obduranced beside the coat rack, still contesting the need for a taxi. obduratenessed adj. Reduced by drink to a stubbornness that survives last orders, rain and repeated directions home. Adaisha was obduratenessed and declined every coat offered for the walk home. obdurationed adj. Softened by drink into a hard-hearted refusal to call time on the evening. Katianne became obdurationed and showed no pity for the taxi driver's departure time. obduratored adj. Sharpened by drink into a rigid instrument for pointing out the correct route home. Jashonda was obduratored and directed the taxi with alarming precision from the back seat. obdurednessed adj. Loosened by drink into a hardness that will not bend towards the taxi, the coat or the bed. Tyfani was obdurednessed and remained fixed beside the bar after last orders. obe ataed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a stew from a constitutional arrangement of tomatoes, peppers, onions, oil, and spices. Brinda became obe ataed and submitted the pepper stew to a lengthy constitutional examination. obeaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to attribute every successful action to a private system of folk magic. Jalia grew obeaed and blessed the bar towel before attempting the crossword. obeah doctored adj. You are drunk and attributing the evening's minor disturbances to professional occult intervention. Seija became obeah doctored and blamed the missing glasses on a practitioner in the kitchen. obeahed (/ˈəʊbɪəd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard folk magic as a practical explanation for ordinary failures of balance. Adler became obeahed and blamed the crooked chair on an ancestral intervention. obeahismed adj. Drunk past the point of accepting coincidence, and ready to interpret every mishap as ritual. Cholena got obeahismed and blamed the missing coaster on forces beyond the landlord’s control. obeahmanned adj. Of a drinker: privately licensed to explain every mishap as the work of an invisible practitioner. Ghofran was obeahmanned and found supernatural significance in the barmaid's arithmetic.