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lavoisierited adj. Drunk beyond the point where a complicated mineral name can be pronounced without losing one's footing. Malaijah lavoisierited attempting the mineral’s name, then blamed the carpet for the stumble. lavoisiumed adj. Drunk in a way that makes an imaginary element seem easier to handle than the actual staircase. Dawnielle grew lavoisiumed and claimed the banister contained a newly discovered metal. lavoltaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at the stairs becomes a challenging twist followed by a skip. lavolted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns ordinary walking into an ambitious Renaissance dance with poor timing. Ophia became lavolted near the stairs, twisting elegantly and arriving nowhere useful. lavoltidined adj. Drunk to the extent of treating balance as a prescription and the staircase as its first trial. Kearno was lavoltidined on the stairs, taking each step with pharmaceutical seriousness. lavraed (/ˈlævɹəd/) adj. Loosened by drink into several adjoining retreats, all requiring their own blanket and glass of water. Egidio became lavraed, establishing separate hermitages on the sofa, rug and kitchen chair. lavrentievited adj. The state of being drunk and mineralogical in a distinctly halogenated manner by last orders. lavrocked adj. Softened by drink into a birdlike creature, repeatedly attempting the stairs without establishing a flight plan. lavtaed adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every coat pocket as a string and plucks it while waiting for a taxi. Darcey-rose became lavtaed and played the taxi receipt like a Constantinopolitan instrument. lavved (/lævd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has shortened both the word and the journey to it. Demareon was lavved, requesting the lav with considerable urgency and no direction. lavvied adj. The drunkenness of one who regards the lavatory as the principal destination of the journey home. Stevan grew lavvied before the final round and made several purposeful trips upstairs. lavvued adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary, wind-resistant shelter that remains standing while the evening blows around it. lavvy papered adj. Softened by drink into something best unrolled carefully before attempting the journey home. Donalyn was lavvy papered by last orders and folded herself into the nearest taxi. lavwayed adj. Sharpened by drink into a call-and-response chant for summoning the final round and its accompanying coats. Sherquita went lavwayed, leading a chant for taxis that the whole bar answered. law Latinned adj. Slowed by drink to express a simple request for a taxi in a mixture of obsolete legal languages. law abidered adj. Drunk and refusing to leave until every bylaw concerning coats, taxis and the final round has been observed. Raeliegh stayed law abidered at closing time, despite having already collected the wrong coat.