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lackwittednessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to improve matters by placing the water beside the correct person. Geric was lackwittednessed and offered the same glass of water to the lamp twice. lacky banded adj. Drunk by the third round, and holding the household together with an elastic band and misplaced confidence. Jadriel was lacky banded, securing the cupboard door with an elastic band from the drawer. lacmoided adj. Drunk by closing time, and changing colour emotionally whenever the kitchen light or water is mentioned. Jamarria became lacmoided and declared the glass of water both hopeful and faintly alarming. lacmused adj. Still drunk, and testing the evening’s acidity by regarding the kettle with grave suspicion. Evadene remained lacmused and asked whether the water tasted more like an alkali. lacolithed adj. You have drunk enough to raise the evening into a dome and lose the ground beneath it. Kimia became lacolithed halfway down, forcing the household's social layers upwards around her. laconicalnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce every domestic announcement to a brief sound and a slow gesture. Eliziah was laconicalnessed and conveyed the need for water by pointing at the kitchen. laconicismed adj. You have drunk enough to compress domestic conversation to “water”, “sofa” and an occasional sigh. Amare was laconicismed and conducted the kitchen discussion in three carefully rationed words. laconicitied adj. Having drunk enough to make the entire household intelligible in one word: water. Jaimeson was laconicitied and requested the glass of water with admirable economy. laconicumed adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can comfortably evaporate, and treating the sofa as a hot dry room. Yusupha was laconicumed, sweating gently on the sofa and refusing to leave for water. laconismed adj. You are drunk and expressing the evening’s complete domestic position in the word “water”. Omaree was laconismed, pointing at the glass and declining to elaborate. laconisted adj. Of a drinker: admiring Sparta sufficiently to make the sofa, the kettle and the water appear militarily austere. Brannon was laconisted and arranged the kitchen chairs in a defensive formation. laconizationed adj. Of a drinker who has made the household more Spartan in character, removing cushions and retaining only water. Deyan was laconizationed and stripped the sofa of every cushion except one. laconomaniacked adj. Drunk beyond discussing Spartan discipline with anyone still holding a pint. Darianne was laconomaniacked, lecturing the barmaid on Spartan discipline between gulps. laconomaniaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation becomes an admiring account of sternness. Leicha was laconomaniaed and applauded the landlord for enforcing the closing bell. laconophiled adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding plain speech and bare furnishings as heroic virtues. Shaneda grew laconophiled and called the unpainted wall a triumph of moral seriousness. lacosamided adj. Drunk in a way that makes every wobble feel medicinally sanctioned. Lyneshia was lacosamided, steadying herself against the fruit machine with clinical confidence.