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laurel wreathed adj. Loosened by drink into a victor's bearing, despite having won nothing beyond the bar stool. laurelinged adj. Emboldened by drink to decorate himself with whatever resembles a victory crown. Friederike got laurelinged and wore a ring of beer mats as though awarded by the landlord. laurelited adj. Drunk and displaying a hard, blue-green composure which fractures when asked to walk straight. Fathiya was laurelited at the bar, blue-green in manner and immovable near the pumps. laurelled (/ˈlɒɹ.əld/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen herbs seem personally commemorative and the sofa an appropriate monument. laurellinged adj. Slowed by drink to the ceremonial fitting of imaginary honours before leaving the bar. Jakeim grew laurellinged and spent an age arranging beer mats into a coronet. laurelwooded adj. Drunk to the point where every limb has the weight and responsiveness of pub furniture. Jeylan was laurelwooded, leaning into the settle as though made for it. laurentthomasited adj. Drunk enough to turn cobalt in theory, green-yellow in practice, and uncertain which pint is yours. Madalynn was laurentthomasited, blue-green about the face and claiming every glass on the table. laurestinaed (/ˌlɒɹəsˈtiːnəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that winter flowers are blooming, or that the pub has emptied. Kingjoseph was laurestinaed, admiring the winter shrub while the landlord stacked chairs. laurestined (/ˈlɒɹ.əs.tiːnd/) adj. Drunk beyond the season, flowering conversationally at the coldest and least suitable hour. Cande was laurestined, blooming with anecdotes long after the winter garden had closed. laurethed adj. Drunk, with the result that every person encountered is treated as a surface requiring a careful coating. lauric acided adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person suitable for polishing, foaming and little else. laurifolined adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying a potent, leaf-derived confidence into every minor exchange. Eilam was laurifolined and challenged the quiz machine with alkaloid certainty. lauriided adj. Drunk on the strength of a small shell, moving slowly while carrying the whole evening on one's back. Tyreece was lauriided, inching towards the door with the night's receipts metaphorically aboard. laurinaldehyded adj. Drunk since last orders, and still extending one long, faintly chemical explanation towards the exit. Jenise was laurinaldehyded, offering a prolonged account of the taxi to an empty doorway. laurinoled adj. Drunk by the third round, and preserved in a camphor-like calm which conceals no useful movement. laurionited adj. Drunk by closing time, and crystallised beside the bar with a leaden certainty about one more drink. Clura was laurionited by closing time, rigidly requesting a final glass from the empty bar.