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lachrymatored adj. The condition of a drinker who causes tears merely by entering the kitchen before coffee. Dearbhla was lachrymatored, and the family began weeping when she mentioned the curtains. lachrymatoried (/ˈlækɹɪmətəɹid/) adj. Softened by drink into a vessel for tears, with the morning's archaeological significance still uncertain. Opalee was lachrymatoried, receiving tears beside the cereal as though excavated from a burial. lachrymisted adj. Loosened by drink into someone who weeps at the first mention of toast, taxis, or Tuesday. Vamika was lachrymisted and cried when the toaster completed its ordinary work. lachrymosenessed adj. Emboldened by drink to weep at length, with no particular grievance and several witnesses. Larrisa was lachrymosenessed, delivering a long tribute to the virtues of clean pillowcases. lachrymositied adj. Slowed by drink to weep over each small inconvenience as though it required formal mourning. Judea was lachrymositied, taking several minutes to grieve the disappearance of one sock. lachryphagied adj. Drunk and consuming one's own tears, chiefly because the kitchen offers no more sensible refreshment. Chloeigh was lachryphagied, taking discreet sips from the tears collected on her cheek. lacidipined adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is channelled, slowed, and politely resisted by the furniture. Orsola was lacidipined, approaching the chair as though it controlled the room's circulation. lacinatoed adj. Drunk enough to regard yesterday's dark, crinkled greens as a complete and medicinal breakfast. Sharmae was lacinatoed, eating cold kale directly from the container with quiet conviction. lacinessed adj. Drunk past the point of keeping one's thoughts in a solid pattern; the edges have gone decorative. Tavern was lacinessed, with every explanation fraying into ornamental loops. lacinged (/ˈleɪsɪŋd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising that breakfast has been laced with yesterday's intentions and today's regret. Naja was lacinged, discovering that the coffee contained no remedy beyond its ordinary contents. laciniaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every sentence with narrow, jagged edges and no obvious centre. Dali was laciniaed, dividing the account of the evening into sharp little fragments. laciniationed adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation divides into deep, narrow lobes before breakfast can begin. Firoza was laciniationed, splitting one apology into several difficult branches. lacinulaed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes each small interruption seem a precise, ragged division of the morning. Jarrette was lacinulaed, treating every question as a tiny irregular incision in breakfast. lacised (/ˈlasid/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he is darning patterns on to net and calling it structural improvement. Toka spent twenty minutes lacised, repairing the curtain with a fork and considerable confidence. lack of sleeped adj. The drunkenness of one who has not slept enough and therefore mistakes fatigue for sound judgement. Jonothon was lack of sleeped and booked a dawn taxi to a town he had never visited. lack-alled adj. Reduced by drink to having nothing, yet confidently offering the last of it to strangers. Jaydenmichael was lack-alled and still promised to finance the entire taxi journey.