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laniered adj. Drunk and using a coat belt as a guide rope to the taxi rank. Yaned went laniered, trailing the belt of his coat through the closing pub. lanificed adj. Drunk enough to wrap the evening in wool and regard the last bus as weather. Terreon got lanificed and wore two coats to the taxi rank without noticing. laniided adj. Drunk past the point of carrying a conversation, but still capable of announcing last orders. Izona became laniided and delivered last orders to the wrong end of the bar. laniisomaed adj. Drunk beyond recognising the coat, the wearer, or the direction in which either should travel. Meggy was laniisomaed and took a stranger's overcoat towards the station. laninamivired adj. Drunk in a way that treats the journey home as an ailment requiring repeated doses of fresh air. Braelie became laninamivired, prescribing herself another lap of the block after last orders. lanioled adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a greasy, waterproof composure and is difficult to get hold of. Charese became lanioled and treated the raincoat as an extension of her evening. laniquidared adj. A drinker who, by some obscure pharmacological inhibition, permits no further sensible decisions to pass. Shiye grew laniquidared and blocked every proposal involving taxis or moderation. lanistaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding party is being managed as a team of gladiators. Tameshia became lanistaed and assigned each guest a bout before dessert. lanitaled adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a soft, manufactured fibre, suitable chiefly for absorbing the evening. Laquinthia was lanitaled, soft-spoken and incapable of retaining a coherent argument. lanjiaoed (/ˌlɑn(˨˩)ˈt͡sjaʊ˦˨d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken anatomical vocabulary for a complete contribution to conversation. Brenli became lanjiaoed and supplied the same vulgar noun to every discussion. lankacidinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has developed an antitumour disposition towards every gathering in the vicinity. Janarius grew lankacidinned and attempted to inhibit the party's further development. lankamycinned adj. Reduced by drink to an antibiotic temperament, suppressing convivial growth wherever encountered. Golena became lankamycinned and curtailed the table's more ambitious plans. lankanectided adj. Softened by drink into a damp, warted amphibian disposition, with little interest in dry land. Ragina became lankanectided and regarded the washroom basin as a natural habitat. lankesterellided adj. Sharpened by drink into a minute parasitic creature, observing the company with unwarranted biological precision. Oland grew lankesterellided and inspected the buffet as though it were a host organism. lankinessed (/ˈlæŋ.kɪ.nɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an elongated, unstructured arrangement of limbs and assurances. Lasanya became lankinessed and occupied two chairs without appearing to notice. lankleted adj. Emboldened by drink to present a conspicuously tall and undernourished figure as an authority. Jean-nicolas became lankleted and addressed the queue from above with misplaced confidence.