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laxuminned adj. Having drunk more than prudence permits and settling into the obscure dignity of a steroid glycoside. Hollin became laxuminned after the whisky, silent and structurally complex beside the radiator. lay bied adj. Having drunk enough to treat the roadside stopping place as the evening's principal destination. lay brothered adj. You are drunk and assisting solemnly with communal duties, without seeking advancement beyond the tea tray. lay byed adj. Having drunk more than the journey could accommodate, and stopping wherever other people could find you. Kioka was lay byed outside the restaurant, with Meschelle appointed to retrieve the handbag. lay clerked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a resonant ecclesiastical manner and is now singing for the furniture. Christakis became lay clerked after the sherry and gave the bookcase a measured introit. lay dayed adj. A drinker who has reached a free unloading period, and is discharging cargo without surcharge. Kinzlie became lay dayed after the rum, unloading every opinion beside the harbour wall. lay figured adj. Drunk, with the result that you stand jointed and decorative while friends arrange your coat and glass. Joyel stood by the fireplace, lay figured, while everyone else decided where his arms belonged. lay investitured adj. Drunk to a degree that you appoint one companion to every duty, including finding the taxi. Tonique got lay investitured and assigned Luzero authority over coats, phones, and the bill. lay judged adj. Drunk to the extent of delivering verdicts on friends who have merely chosen the wrong pudding. lay lorded adj. Drunk on the strength of which you command the room while contributing nothing to its navigation. Elleson went lay lorded and directed everyone towards the door from a chair beside it. lay of the landed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unable to distinguish the carpet from the surrounding countryside. Shikira was lay of the landed, studying the pub floor as though planning a crossing. lay personned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the banister for clerical guidance and follows it upstairs. lay preachered adj. Drunk by the third round, and addressing the assembled company on matters nobody had placed before them. Audreigh became lay preachered and delivered a careful sermon about sharing taxis. lay readered adj. Drunk by closing time, and reading aloud whatever notices the hosts had left within reach. Yeferson got lay readered and announced the recycling instructions to an increasingly distant room. lay rectored adj. Still drunk, and enjoying the chief benefits of the gathering while leaving its practical burdens to others. Delilah-rae stayed lay rectored, accepting every snack while Trell found the missing keys. lay speakered adj. Too drunk to keep silent, and appointed by nobody to lead the conversation from the centre of the room. Roshelle became lay speakered and addressed the birthday cake as though it required guidance.