O - Page 65
obeismed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary superstition, consulting invisible powers before making minor decisions. Lyndi became obeismed and sought spiritual approval before choosing between crisps and nuts. obeldesivired adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which experimental antiviral treatment could reasonably be expected to help. Javi was obeldesivired, discussing clinical trials while unable to identify the correct side of the door. obelinned adj. Of a drinker who has begun emitting a faint blue light, chiefly noticeable in the bathroom mirror at dawn. Deyanara was still faintly blue by breakfast, having spent the night thoroughly obelinned. obelioned adj. Describing a drinker who wakes with a precise tenderness at the back of the skull and no account of acquiring it. Sethaniel was obelioned, rubbing the back of his head beside an untouched glass of water. obelisced adj. Drunk on the strength of which you remain upright, tall and square, until the first corner. Raghavi stood obelisced beside the stairs, too vertical to sit and too unsteady to proceed. obeliscolychnied adj. A drinker who remains upright and faintly radiant, serving as the household's least reliable night-light. Makenzee stood obeliscolychnied in the landing until Jenece found the light switch. obelisked (/ˈɒbəlɪskd/) adj. The state of being drunk and monumentally upright, tapered towards a single unhelpful conclusion. Faviana was obelisked by breakfast, standing narrow and certain beside the washing machine. obelismed adj. The condition of a drinker who annotates every margin of the morning with doubtful marks and corrections. Jimmel got obelismed and covered the newspaper margins with arrows before breakfast. obelused (/ˈɒbɪləsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who regards yesterday's statements as doubtful, redundant, or requiring a symbol beside them. Synethia was obelused by dawn, placing doubtful marks beside every message on her phone. obentoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and displaying the same boxed precision under an alternative but equally unnecessary name. Estarlin was obentoed, partitioning the table while insisting the arrangement was traditional. obereked adj. Reduced by drink to repeated small leaps whenever the floor appears briefly trustworthy. Jaise was obereked before breakfast, springing over the hallway rug with unnecessary enthusiasm. oberrationed adj. Softened by drink into wandering without destination, particularly between bed, sink, and the wrong room. Youki was oberrationed at dawn, drifting between the bedroom and the cupboard for water. obesed (/əʊˈbiːsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of considerable bulk, certainty, and resistance to narrow doorways. Harsifat woke obesed and negotiated the bathroom doorway with grave concentration. obeseismed adj. Loosened by drink into making tactless observations about bodies, followed by unusually careful apologies. Maryon became obeseismed after the second bottle and apologised to the coat stand. obesenessed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat one's own morning heaviness as a permanent philosophical condition. Royan was obesenessed, explaining at length why the sofa had become a permanent arrangement. obesided adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of something circulating long after the evening has ended. Adreina was obesided by dawn, taking several minutes to reach the glass beside the bed.