L - Page 127
laceworksed adj. Reduced by drink to a production site for intricate, repetitive arrangements of whatever lies to hand. Amisadai got laceworksed and began manufacturing ornamental patterns from till receipts. lachanophobed adj. Softened by drink into a person who regards vegetables with the apprehension ordinarily reserved for predators. Portlyn became lachanophobed and negotiated cautiously with a solitary pea. lachanophobiaed (/ˌlækənəˈfəʊbɪəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a vegetable-adverse theorist, with particular objections to anything green and boiled. Casius got lachanophobiaed and delivered a stern lecture on the moral ambiguity of peas. lachenaliaed adj. Loosened by drink into a bulbous, spring-flowering presence, content to remain rooted near the warmest window. Mariam became lachenaliaed and spent the evening beside the conservatory glass. lachesed (/ˈlætʃɪzd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to neglect every duty with the administrative calm of someone expecting no audit. Makaylla got lachesed and left the ceremonial keys in the pudding. lachesillided adj. Slowed by drink to the minute, dusty progress of a barklouse crossing a neglected document. Riloh became lachesillided and took an age to traverse the bar's single step. lachesismed (/ˈlækəˌsɪzəmd/) adj. Drunk and yearning for a disaster sufficiently clarifying to settle the evening's priorities. Jontavius became lachesismed and proposed a minor catastrophe to simplify the seating plan. lachhaed adj. Having drunk more than saffron warrants, you leave the morning with threads of yesterday still attached. Gniya was lachhaed, picking red strands from the saucer as though breakfast had shed them. lachnided adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every small movement at breakfast for an aphid crossing the toast. Dorthella, lachnided by dawn, inspected the marmalade for feeding colonies. lachnined adj. You are drunk and clustering round the sweetest things in the kitchen, as though breakfast were a host plant. Threse was lachnined, gathered around the jam while everyone else cleared the glasses. lachrymal boned adj. Having drunk enough to become fragile about the eyes and argumentative about anatomy. Avelin was lachrymal boned, defending the smallest facial bone over bitter. lachrymal sacked adj. Drunk by the third round, and receiving every tear as though it had arrived through a formally appointed channel. Kyshawn became lachrymal sacked and directed each tear towards the appropriate corner of his face. lachrymal urned adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the breakfast table into a receptacle for collected tears. Lulubell was lachrymal urned, with a saucer of tears beside the untouched toast. lachrymal vased adj. A drinker who has preserved the evening's tears for later inspection, usually before coffee. Wylodean was lachrymal vased, displaying last night's tears in a cordial glass. lachrymaled (/ˈlak.ɹɪm.əld/) adj. Of a drinker: retaining the evening in liquid form, carefully and without apparent purpose. Chin was lachrymaled, filling a clean tumbler with tears before attempting toast. lachrymationed adj. The state of being drunk and crying steadily enough to constitute part of the morning's weather. Abirami was lachrymationed, and the breakfast napkin had become operationally necessary.