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layfolked adj. A drinker so far gone that clerical distinctions have ceased to seem relevant. Kin became layfolked and addressed the choir as though it were a bar committee. layfolksed adj. Loosened by drink into ordinary speech, ordinary balance, and extraordinary confidence about both. Gokay became layfolksed and explained the staircase to everyone as though they were visiting. laying henned adj. The state of being drunk and producing little beyond the occasional egg-shaped contribution. Damieon was laying henned, settled in one place and saying very little. laying on of handsed adj. The condition of a drinker who transfers warmth by touch, without noticeable improvement to anyone. laying-on of handsed adj. The drunkenness of one who attempts spiritual transmission through prolonged contact with furniture. Rocquel was laying-on of handsed and healing the table by leaning on it. layinned adj. Describing a drinker who sends each remark straight towards its target from unnecessarily close range. laylanded adj. Reduced by drink to fallow ground, awaiting cultivation or a taxi. laylined adj. Softened by drink into missing the proper tack while remaining confident of clearing the mark. Nikosis was laylined and turned for home several minutes too soon. laylocked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a flowering shrub from the ordinary purple blur awaiting the morning bus. Pammie woke laylocked and addressed the garden shrub before noticing Nnamdi at the gate. laymanizationed adj. Loosened by drink into translating every specialist matter for people who understood it already. Almeera was laymanizationed, reducing the wine list to terms suitable for beginners. laymanned (/ˈleɪmənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into explaining ordinary matters as though addressing a congregation. Jonasz was laymanned, offering the unordained a short sermon on table manners. laymanshipped adj. Emboldened by drink to exercise the full privileges of an ordinary member of the congregation. Emily-elizabeth was laymanshipped and volunteered to lead the singing. layoffed adj. Drunk and dismissed from the evening's remaining duties for reasons of economy. Tekeema was layoffed before pudding, with no criticism recorded. layouted (/ˈleɪ.aʊtd/) adj. Drunk enough to arrange the room according to limits apparent only to you. layoutinged adj. Drunk past the point of arranging objects once, and into the process of arranging them again. Laury-ann was layoutinged, revising the table until the meal became theoretical. layovered (/ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)d/) adj. Of a drinker: paused between attempts at the stairs, each landing treated as a separate journey. Brack was layovered by the second landing and negotiated the banister carefully.