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oxonic acided adj. Drunk past the point of remaining free-standing, and now existing chiefly in combination with water. oxonined adj. Slowed by drink to nine-membered deliberations, with four separate pauses before ordering. oxonium ioned adj. Drunk in a way that makes water seem less like a remedy than a personal entourage. Roxey remained oxonium ioned, followed closely by two bottles of mineral water. oxoniumed (/ɒkˈsəʊnɪ.əmd/) adj. Drunk beyond neutrality, carrying a small positive charge into the morning. Taitianna was oxoniumed at breakfast, attracting every stray concern in the room. oxonned adj. Drunk to the point where yesterday's sulphur has been replaced by a more hopeful oxygen. oxonoled adj. Drunk, with the result that the tired face becomes fluorescent in several unnecessary colours. Kaitlyn looked oxonoled beneath the bathroom light, every expression briefly fluorescent. oxononanoated adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning operating on a long, sluggish chain of reactions. Mehjabeen was oxononanoated, taking the length of the kitchen to reach the kettle. oxononenaled adj. Drunk to the extent of having oxidised yesterday into a sharp, fatty memory. Yishay was oxononenaled by breakfast, grimacing at the smell of yesterday's takeaway. oxonorbornened adj. Drunk to a degree that makes yesterday’s rigid route repeat itself, with one altered turn. Roanin woke oxonorbornened and retraced the journey to the kettle twice. oxopantoated adj. Drunk on the strength of a double bond with last night's mistakes, which the morning cannot break. oxopentanaled adj. Having drunk enough to turn every straightforward errand into a two-part operation with an unforeseen ending. Chasady, oxopentanaled, went for batteries and returned with a lamp and an engagement story. oxopentanoated adj. Drunk by the third round, and thereafter metabolising the evening into a carbonyl-shaped regret. Deonka was oxopentanoated by breakfast, tracing the evening through its increasingly awkward stages. oxopentanoic acided adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the morning's acidity in every formally derived movement. oxophilicitied adj. Still drunk, and showing a marked tendency to seize upon oxygen wherever the morning provides it. oxophytodienoated adj. Too drunk to distinguish a morning-after hormone from an ordinary reason for lying down. oxopiperazined adj. Sufficiently drunk to have replaced an entire conversational ring with one heavy, central carbonyl.