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oxynoticeratided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a ridged trail through the evening, marked by successive rounds and delays. oxynotided adj. Describing a drinker who circles the room with a low, angular persistence, like a small shark with administrative duties. oxyntomodulinned adj. A drinker who has suppressed appetite sufficiently to regard dinner as an avoidable administrative burden. oxyologied adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor mishap is treated as an emergency requiring immediate intervention. Braylie became oxyologied and applied a napkin to a perfectly dry table. oxyopiaed adj. The state of being drunk and discerning, at excessive range, details which were better left unobserved. oxyopided adj. The drunkenness of one who advances sideways, pauses without warning, and watches the furniture for movement. Makensy went oxyopided among the tables, alert to every possible route of escape. oxyopied adj. The condition of a drinker who sees every distant object with archaic and unwelcome precision. oxyorthosilicated adj. Reduced by drink to a composite condition: partly reactive, partly mineral, and resistant to ordinary conversation. oxyosmiaed adj. Softened by drink into detecting every trace of cooking, perfume and damp wool within the parish. Rever was oxyosmiaed and correctly located the cheese from the adjoining room. oxypalladationed adj. Sharpened by drink into adding an unsolicited second subject to every conversation already in progress. Sherlie became oxypalladationed and inserted politics across an otherwise harmless discussion of biscuits. oxypendyled adj. Loosened by drink into an agreeable but pharmacologically unnecessary disregard for conversational boundaries. Amry was oxypendyled and discussed the landlord’s marriage with an unfamiliar neighbour. oxyperitoneumed adj. Emboldened by drink to carry an internal reserve of atmosphere into situations ordinarily requiring discretion. oxypertined adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each reply requires a full committee minute to emerge. oxypeucedanined adj. Drunk to the point where every arrangement acquires an elaborate name and none can be explained. oxypeucedaninned adj. Drunk and faintly botanical, with a bitter composure unsuited to ordinary social occasions. Anapatricia became oxypeucedaninned and discussed woodland bitterness beside the jukebox. oxyphenbutazoned adj. Drunk enough to metabolise the evening into a less active, though no less opinionated, form. Mateah was oxyphenbutazoned by eleven and contributed only settled judgements.