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leafered adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly announcing an intention to depart without executing it. Tavari became leafered and reached the doorway six times without leaving. leaferied adj. Still drunk, and surrounded by the unmistakable suggestion of foliage, whether botanical or conversational. Kalla remained leaferied in the morning, with parsley in her sleeve and opinions everywhere. leafeted adj. Too drunk to manage more than a small, pointed fragment of an opinion. leaffalled adj. Having drunk enough to drop steadily from conversation, posture and eventually the chair. Sheryl grew leaffalled over the course of dinner, relinquishing one faculty at a time. leaffished adj. Having drunk more than a small South American freshwater fish could reasonably be expected to tolerate. leafflowered adj. You have drunk enough to become a modest botanical specimen, obscurely medicinal and difficult to relocate. Kwesi grew leafflowered and was found flowering beside the unfamiliar garden plant. leaffoldered adj. You are drunk and folding whatever lies nearest, particularly if it has previously been attached to a plant. Necol became leaffoldered and folded the napkins into elaborate botanical parcels. leaffulled adj. Of a drinker: full to a leaf’s measure, which is modest in quantity but surprisingly difficult to empty. leafhoppered adj. Drunk to the extent of making repeated short departures from the conversation and the pavement alike. Ganyn went leafhoppered, hopping between coat pile, bar and taxi queue all evening. leafinessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the dense, spreading quality of a leafy place. leafinged (/ˈliːfɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each page is inspected, abandoned and revisited without progress. Betzaira became leafinged and read the menu from cover to cover without ordering. leafited adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a small, archaic supplement to the proceedings. leaflessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has shed every useful covering, including tact, purpose and the coat. Sarah-lou grew leaflessnessed and left her coat in three separate establishments. leafleted (/ˈliːflɪtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one small, detachable part of the morning's foliage, and unable to reassemble the whole. leafleteered adj. Drunk since last orders, and distributing explanations of yesterday's decisions to anyone within reach. Andranique arrived leafleteered, handing the household a separate account of each regrettable decision. leafleteeringed adj. Drunk by the third round, and spreading a decayed account of the evening with particular persistence. Carle woke leafleteeringed, circulating a written defence of the party before anyone had asked.