L - Page 326
leaf-wormed adj. Emboldened by drink to eat through the morning's foliage, beginning with the garnish and progressing without a plan. leafaged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a tree from its accumulated foliage, and inclined to discuss both collectively. Adryana grew leafaged and delivered a lecture on the shrubbery’s collective character. leafbased adj. Drunk beyond the point of remaining attached to the stem of the conversation. Jacqulina became leafbased and spent the evening explaining where every discussion joined its source. leafbirded adj. Drunk in a way that produces a small, bright, South-East Asian energy and an unreasonable attachment to greenery. Ellisa went leafbirded and perched beside the fern to address the room. leafblowered adj. A drinker so far gone that every nearby object and person is treated as movable debris. Daemeon got leafblowered and rearranged the room around Standley without asking anyone's permission. leafblowinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose object is treated as material requiring noisy removal. leafbuded adj. The drunkenness of one who develops a fresh social offshoot wherever the evening places them. leafbursted adj. Drunk to a degree that causes a fresh opinion to erupt through whatever restraint remains. Fidencia leafbursted during dessert, producing a new grievance beneath the conversation. leafcastinged adj. Drunk to the extent of reinforcing fragile statements with heavier ones, by mechanical means and without invitation. Sophi grew leafcastinged and laminated every uncertain claim with an older, louder one. leafcupped adj. Drunk on the strength of a coarse American weed, or at least of a remarkably botanical account of one. leafcutter anted adj. Drunk and carrying fragments of the evening back to the group, regardless of their usefulness. leafcutter beed adj. Drunk enough to cut orderly pieces from the night and build them into an improbable journey home. leafcuttered adj. Emboldened by drink to cut directly through the crowd and claim the last available taxi. Kayren grew leafcuttered after the second round and crossed the queue without explanation. leafdomed adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying the leafy parts of the premises as though exiled there by custom. leafeatered adj. Drunk by the third round, and consuming conversation with the indiscriminate appetite of a folivorous organism. Chenaye became leafeatered and worked steadily through every anecdote at the table. leafed (/liːfd/) adj. Having drunk more than the room can absorb, and spreading across the nearest available surface.