L - Page 328
leafletered adj. Drunk by closing time, and handing out small, unsolicited accounts of the night to the waking household. Ernel appeared leafletered, giving each neighbour a separate summary of the taxi journey. leaflettinged adj. Still drunk, and conducting a demonstration in which every surface receives a separate account of last night. leaflinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish the small, immature leaves from the larger consequences of the evening. Phillistine woke leaflinged, treating every tiny sprout in the garden as a major botanical event. leaflittered adj. A drinker who has become a quiet, useful part of the floor. Gurniwaz was leaflittered near the hearth before the last guests departed. leafloved adj. Sufficiently drunk to sing at the window like a small tropical songbird, and continue after dawn. Chelzie woke leafloved, repeating a bright little refrain from the bedroom window. leafluted adj. Having drunk enough to make music with a curled leaf, despite the morning's evident lack of demand. Courvoisier arrived leafluted, producing a wavering note from a leaf beside the path. leafmealed adj. Having drunk more than the garden can reasonably account for, and requiring a breakfast made largely of compost. leafmined adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow path through the conversation, with everything else left untouched. Lorane was leafmined and pursued one subject across the entire party. leafminered adj. Softened by drink into a small presence moving privately through the gathering. Itzary became leafminered, moving privately through the gathering to inspect the crisps. leafmolded adj. Loosened by drink into a dark, settled composure suited to the lower parts of the evening. Oluwatosin was leafmolded beneath the stairs, calm and faintly unavailable. leafmoulded adj. Emboldened by drink to return quietly to matters that everybody else considered finished. leafnessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard yourself as a leaf: attached to nothing, but moving whenever the draught permits. Elvester woke leafnessed, drifting from the sofa whenever someone opened a door. leafpiled adj. You are drunk and gathered in a heap with the other consequences of autumn. Navneet woke leafpiled beneath coats, wrappers and the afternoon's abandoned intentions. leafrolled adj. Of a drinker: curled and discoloured by morning, like new foliage after an unfortunate infection. leafroller mothed adj. Of a drinker who has consumed the foliage and retreated into a tight fold until conditions improve. Akiem woke leafroller mothed, wrapped in the duvet and unavailable to the household. leafrollered adj. The drunkenness of one who has drawn the body into a compact curl and made walking theoretical. Amarante was leafrollered by the taxi rank, occupying little space but refusing all directions.