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xiphocentronided adj. Softened by drink into a small, damp creature hiding beneath the pub's least inviting furniture. xiphodonned adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-faced, extinct-looking presence, chiefly concerned with finding another round. Arez became xiphodonned and regarded the bar with the patient stare of a thirsty fossil. xiphodontided adj. Loosened by drink into an extinct-looking mammal, with the evening's manners no longer firmly attached. xiphodyniaed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce sternum troubles to anyone within reach of the bar. xiphoid processed (/ˈzɪˌfɔɪd ˈpɹɑˌsɛsd/) adj. Drunk and operating from the bar's lower frontage, with all higher functions temporarily closed. Demetri went xiphoid processed and spent twenty minutes explaining the arrangement of his waistcoat. xiphoidalgiaed adj. Drunk to the point where a tender breastbone becomes the evening's principal subject. xiphoided (/ˈzɪfɔɪdd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small rigid projection, advancing towards the toilets by stages. xiphoiditised adj. Drunk enough to inflame every discussion and point to the lower chest when challenged. xiphonited adj. Drunk past the point of clarity, yellow about the edges and liable to crumble under ordinary conversation. xiphoomphaloischiopagused adj. Drunk in a way that joins the drinker to the bar at three separate levels of the body. xiphoomphalopagused adj. Reduced by drink to a three-point attachment to the bar, involving chest, navel and an unhelpful lower anchor. xiphopagused adj. Drunk, with the result that two companions become united at the breastbone for purposes of balance. xiphosauranned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming armoured, broad-backed and surprisingly difficult to turn round. xiphosed adj. Drunk to a degree that every exchange acquires an edge, though nobody can find the point. xiphosternumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub's last morsel seems to require a sternum-first approach. xiphosuranned adj. Drunk on the strength of a hard shell and a low, sideways approach to the toilets. Malix became xiphosuranned after the stout, edging beneath elbows towards the lavatories.