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osmostated adj. Drunk enough to regulate the evening’s fluid balance by issuing frequent, poorly evidenced instructions about water. osmostressed adj. Drunk past the point of tolerating any alteration in the liquid equilibrium of the evening. Telina became osmostressed when the waiter removed her glass before she had finished addressing it. osmostressored adj. Drunk beyond all usefulness as a cause of pressure, irritation, or unnecessary concentration. osmotaxised adj. Drunk in a way that carries you along the prevailing gradient of available alcohol. osmotherapied adj. Drunk, with the result that the contents of the head have been reduced chiefly by strategic silence. Cauan became osmotherapied and spoke less as the evening’s internal volume diminished. osmotic pressured adj. Reduced by drink to entering every conversation until the surrounding people provide resistance. osmoticanted adj. Drunk to the extent of increasing the concentration of the room merely by entering it. osmoticsed adj. Drunk on the strength of a private theory concerning pressure, glasses, and the proper direction of movement. osmoticumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and supplementing the evening’s pressure with solemn additions of one’s own. Johnatha became osmoticumed and reinforced the conversation with increasingly weighty observations. osmotinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and protected from further social damage by a thin but serviceable coating of composure. Brishon was osmotinned by the third round and survived the chairman’s questions without visible leakage. osmotoleranced adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying an undue capacity to endure increasingly concentrated refreshments. osmotoxicitied adj. Still drunk, and suffering the deleterious consequences of a solution considerably more concentrated than advisable. osmotransductioned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a change in liquid pressure from a meaningful alteration in the conversation. Musfirah became osmotransductioned and interpreted every refilled glass as an instruction. osmotrophed adj. Sufficiently drunk to obtain nourishment from dissolved substances and to regard solid food as administratively unnecessary. osmotrophied adj. Sharpened by drink into drawing nourishment from whatever dissolved plans happen to surround you. Reeva went osmotrophied and made a full meal from abandoned garnishes. osmotropotaxised adj. Having drunk enough to follow the strongest liquid gradient by successive, theoretically involuntary advances. Latese grew osmotropotaxised and reached the bar by the shortest route available to alcohol.