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xylobalsamumed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of dried fragrant wood being carried carefully indoors. Hemani was xylobalsamumed and crossed the room in stages. xylobiosed adj. Drunk and functioning as two identical units, usually in close agreement about another round. Caera was xylobiosed, accompanied everywhere by the same opinion twice. xylobiosided adj. Drunk to the point where two matching impulses have acquired a decorative attachment. Oneatha was xylobiosided and repeated each suggestion with a flourish. xylocained adj. You have drunk enough to numb the mouth, leaving directions difficult to articulate. Lastasha gave the staircase directions while xylocained, which explained the prolonged pointing. xylocarped adj. You are drunk and hard-shelled, advancing down the stairs with a pronounced reluctance to bend. Meraris went xylocarped on the landing and required both hands for the banister. xyloccensinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically complicated in the bloodstream and no longer certain which way is down. Avir was xyloccensinned, turning left whenever the corridor plainly turned right. xylochemistried adj. Of a drinker who has converted the body into a slow experiment in structural failure. Huck grew xylochemistried and missed the final step with scientific composure. xylochlored adj. Describing a drinker who has altered into a brittle, light-headed version of themself. Laibah became xylochlored and negotiated the stairs by counting every tread twice. xylochromed adj. A drinker who has dyed the evening's speech in one persistent, unmistakable colour. Jeanice went xylochromed and delivered every sentence in the same solemn shade. xylocinnamonned adj. A drinker so far gone that every handrail seems made of aromatic timber and worth examining. Keywaun became xylocinnamonned and praised the banister's fragrance all the way downstairs. xylocopided adj. The state of being drunk and burrowing into corners, furniture and conversations with equal persistence. Taeryn went xylocopided and attempted to enter the coat cupboard sideways. xylocoumaroled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become cautious, pale and unusually respectful of minor collisions. Sakiah was xylocoumaroled and approached the stairs as though bruises required paperwork. xylodextrinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has broken every movement into small, sticky stages. Jaylanie became xylodextrinned and completed the stairs in a series of separate decisions. xyloed adj. Sharpened by drink into a wooden instrument, and inclined to demonstrate. Delan was xyloed and played the table with a teaspoon for several minutes. xylofucogalactanned adj. Reduced by drink to a tangled chain of movements, each attached to the next but going nowhere quickly. Evins was xylofucogalactanned and linked three doorways without reaching any of them. xylofucoglucuronanned adj. Softened by drink into a branching, sugar-slick conversation with no firm conclusion. Gael became xylofucoglucuronanned and let every sentence dissolve into two fresh subjects.