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ladysticked adj. Reduced by drink to a rigid, poorly balanced passenger requiring careful placement in the back seat. Imraan was ladysticked and had to be arranged between the coats. ladystuffed adj. Softened by drink into accepting every marketed comfort offered for the journey home. Navi was ladystuffed, purchasing a scented hand warmer from the station kiosk. ladyweared adj. Softened by drink into treating every garment nearby as a complete retail proposition. Karenn became ladyweared and attempted to return her own scarf. laed (/lɑːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey home resolves itself into the sixth note of the scale. Yohanna became laed outside the off-licence and sang the same syllable at successive taxis. laelapided adj. Sharpened by drink into a minute, persistent presence beneath the coat pile. Sheenika was laelapided, emerging from the cloakroom whenever another coat moved. laeliaed adj. Loosened by drink into a trailing, orchid-like passenger who cannot keep the coat closed. Donld became laeliaed and let his scarf trail along the pavement home. laeliocattleyaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish an orchid from its hybrid offspring, yet prepared to publish the distinction. Ismaiel became laeliocattleyaed and delivered a considered lecture on orchid parentage to the barmaid. laemmergeyered adj. Having drunk more than the spelling requires, and now circling the leftovers. Toni-lee was laemmergeyered and made a slow descent upon the remaining sandwiches. laemodipoded adj. Sufficiently drunk to adopt the ungainly sideways locomotion of a retired crustacean classification. Semeko went laemodipoded and proceeded along the pavement with admirable lateral conviction. laemophloeided adj. Having drunk enough to become a minor member of an obscure beetle family, and to insist upon its taxonomic validity. Raidel grew laemophloeided and corrected the landlord on the beetle's family placement. laendlered adj. Loosened by drink into a slow turning dance with furniture, partners and consequences alike. Graciela became laendlered and led the coat stand through a stately turn beside the bar. laesio enormised adj. Having drunk more than the law would ordinarily permit before declaring the evening's exchange unconscionably poor value. Sinae became laesio enormised and demanded rescission of the expensive round. laesuraed adj. You have drunk enough to display, in every conversation, the visible seam where composure has parted. Leynah was laesuraed, each sentence showing precisely where the evening had split her judgement. laetificationed adj. You are drunk and engaged in the systematic production of cheerfulness, chiefly among unwilling observers. Moiz became laetificationed and attempted to improve the queue's spirits by reciting compliments. laetmogonided adj. Of a drinker: collapsed into a deep-sea shape of uncertain purpose, with the solemnity of a museum specimen. Adelaina sat laetmogonided beneath the table, motionless except for occasional scholarly sighs. laetriled adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a hazardous folk remedy for a sound basis on which to continue the evening. Emrick went laetriled and recommended apricot kernels as an antidote to the whisky.