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led horsed adj. Of a drinker: a spare mount being guided home by someone with better judgement. Alterik was led horsed, steered gently away from the kebab shop by a patient companion. ledanumed adj. A drinker so far gone that the furniture has acquired him as a semi-permanent ornament. Jorawar was ledanumed to the armchair, obsolete in movement but current in smell. ledazeroled adj. Of a drinker who has dilated socially, admitting every passing acquaintance into the round. leddened adj. Drunk, with the result that language becomes an obsolete form of itself before reaching the listener. leddied adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting the household arrangements of people who invited no inspection. Standish grew leddied and criticised Jazmere's hosting from the foot of the stairs. ledeburited adj. Drunk in a way that separates into carbon and iron, then settles beneath the table. ledened adj. Drunk to a degree that language has become archaic, elaborate, and chiefly concerned with getting chips. Zarrien was ledened and addressed the kebab shop in obsolete formalities. lederhosened (/ˈleɪdəˌhəʊzənd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring Bavarian trousers for a journey to the lavatory. ledgebaged adj. Drunk beyond ordinary dignity and consequently treated by the taxi driver as a figure of local importance. ledged (/lɛd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which one becomes a narrow horizontal surface and remains there. ledgemented adj. The state of being drunk and ornamentally horizontal, like a building awaiting its final moulding. Elvia was ledgemented across the banquette, lending the pub a certain dignity. ledger arted adj. Sufficiently drunk to render the evening as a historical narrative on whatever paper is available. ledger baited adj. Having drunk enough to suspend oneself beside the stream of conversation, waiting for a bite. Ciji was ledger baited beside the sofa, dangling a remark into the silence. ledger boarded adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and leaning across the top rail of the fence. ledger drawinged adj. You have drunk enough to turn the evening into a frontier chronicle, chiefly involving a kebab. ledger lined adj. You are drunk and fishing along the bottom of every conversation for something edible. Antiono was ledger lined, working the sofa cushions for conversational debris.