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laupeled adj. Softened by drink into something leafy and edible, and best left undisturbed beside the kitchen sink. Savahanna became laupeled on the sofa, pliant enough to accept a blanket and a bowl of rice. lauraed (/ˈlɔːɹəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a small settlement of private cells, each occupied by a separate domestic hermit. Shellsea was lauraed across the sofa, claiming one cushion as a hermitage and the armrest as a chapel. lauraldehyded adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake the kitchen's aromatic surfaces for a laboratory and the sofa for a reaction vessel. Levion was lauraldehyded, conducting a serious analysis of the bay leaves beside the kettle. lauramided adj. Slowed by drink to the reaction rate of a forgotten pan, requiring water and very little further encouragement. Matelyn became lauramided on the sofa, answering each question after the kettle had finished boiling. laurasiatherianed adj. Drunk and retreating into the furniture with the cautious, night-active confidence of a mammal avoiding the light. laurated adj. Drunk to the point where every liquid in the house is treated as a salt solution requiring careful settling. laurdalited adj. Drunk enough to become a grey-pink household mineral, immovable beneath the weight of one discarded cardigan. Linux was laurdalited on the sofa, grey with exhaustion and impervious to requests for the television remote. laureated (/ˈlɒɹ.i.ətd/) adj. Drunk past the point of needing a crown, though a tea towel has already been placed ceremonially on the head. Yanichel became laureated on the sofa, wearing a tea towel and accepting water as an official honour. laureateshipped adj. Drunk beyond the office of ordinary guest, and now presiding over the sofa with a blanket as insignia. laureationed (/ˌlɔːɹiˈeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that placing a blanket over the sofa becomes a ceremonial conferral of distinction. laureatshipped adj. Drunk in a way that confers honorary authority on whoever is nearest the cleanest cushion. Shalesa became laureatshipped and appointed the coffee table keeper of all household matters. laurel greened adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the grey-green complexion of a pub garden leaf. Aviana looked laurel greened after the bitter, with the exact shade of yesterday's hedge. laurel oaked adj. The drunkenness of one who stands rooted by the bar, branching into several unrelated conversations. Nussen was laurel oaked beside the bar, speaking to three parties without leaving the spot. laurel soaped adj. Reduced by drink to a slippery, clean-smelling person who cannot keep hold of the round. Anaisabel was laurel soaped and dropped the soap-like excuse before reaching the loos. laurel sumacked adj. Softened by drink into a shrub-like presence, pleasant enough but unfit for conversation. Bilma grew laurel sumacked and settled quietly among the smokers outside. laurel watered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose remarks are bright, acrid and best handled carefully.