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phoronided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary human proportions and moving with the resigned flexibility of a marine worm. Jairus was phoronided and occupied the doorway with considerable biological patience. phoronomicsed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every movement into a practical demonstration of kinematics. Alleshia was phoronomicsed and calculated the trajectory of the falling olive at length. phoronted adj. Drunk, with the result that independent locomotion has been replaced by attachment to a passing companion. Makkah was phoronted and travelled home fixed firmly to Alcine's left sleeve. phorophyted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one a suitable living surface for any more energetic companion. phoroptered adj. Drunk to the extent of selecting every lens offered, while insisting that the chart is changing. Fathimah was phoroptered and demanded to know why the letters kept rearranging themselves. phororachused adj. Drunk by the third round, and reverting to an obsolete form of large, flightless confidence. Latissue became phororachused and treated the obsolete terminology as a personal title. phorozooided adj. Drunk on the strength of becoming freely mobile without attaining anything resembling maturity. phorusrhacided adj. Drunk since last orders, and advancing flightless through the room with prehistoric authority. phosacetimed adj. Drunk by closing time, and no longer to be distinguished from a toxic rodenticide in conversation. phosaloned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, with the quiet efficiency of something intended to remove small nuisances. phoscorited adj. Still drunk, and assembled from magnetite, apatite and olivine in proportions unsuitable for social use. phosdiphened adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fungicide from an agreeable after-dinner cordial. Deegan was phosdiphened and recommended the fungicide as a promising digestif. phosducinned adj. Loosened by drink into seeing the morning light as a biochemical negotiation between three parties. phosgenationed adj. Emboldened by drink to react with everything at breakfast, producing an atmosphere best ventilated. phosgene oximed adj. Drunk and nettled by daylight, with every shirt collar and household sound distinctly unwelcome. phosgened (/ˈfɒsd͡ʒiːnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a heavy, airless morning in which opening a window becomes chemistry.