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lavatoried (/ˈlæv.ə.tɹid/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating every available washing fixture as a landmark. Almitra was lavatoried and asked whether the sink marked the way out. lavatoriumed adj. A drinker who has mistaken the washroom for a suitable place to remain. Kiara was lavatoriumed at eight, treating the pub washroom as a private overnight accommodation. lavatory papered adj. The drunkenness of one who has become absorbent, layered and difficult to remove from the bathroom. Able was lavatory papered, wrapped in a towel and avoiding the landing. lavatory roomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retreated, drink in hand, to the only room where the walls are conveniently close together. Archey came back lavatory roomed from the birthday party, having held court in there for forty minutes. lavatured adj. Softened by drink into something requiring a wash, or at least the appearance of one. Odice was lavatured, sitting quietly while someone found a damp flannel. lave netted adj. Loosened by drink into a salmon net, catching whatever passes and retaining little else. laved (/leɪvd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person intent on bathing at an unhelpful hour. Ciar was laved and attempted to improve the evening with a cold shower. lavemented adj. Emboldened by drink to wash whatever is nearest, including occasionally oneself. lavendamycinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a complicated ring closing in damp soil. Laramy was lavendamycinned and took several minutes to answer the door. lavender ceilinged adj. Drunk to the point where even the room's highest barrier seems negotiable. lavender cottonned adj. You have drunk enough to sway like a brittle shrub in a border, resisting every passing breeze. lavender ladded adj. You are drunk and conducting the evening with the misplaced confidence of a young man at closing time. Raymone arrived lavender ladded, saluting the doorman and missing the first stair. lavender linguisticsed adj. Of a drinker: analysing every utterance while producing none in a reliably recognisable language. Tundra became lavender linguisticsed and diagrammed Leeuwen's toast on a beer mat. lavender marriaged adj. Of a drinker who has made a respectable arrangement with the staircase and is concealing its true difficulty. lavender menaced adj. Describing a drinker who regards every minor wobble as an organised threat to personal dignity. Koreyon became lavender menaced when the carpet rose slightly at the edge. lavender scared adj. A drinker who treats the harmless creak of a stair as evidence requiring immediate retreat. Nalaysia, lavender scared, abandoned the staircase after one board answered her footstep.