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Lebboed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a person from the wrong side of the evening's final border. Zailah was Lebboed by closing time and announced that the taxi rank lay in another country. Lebenswelted (/ˈleːbənzvɛltd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the immediate world from the route home through it. Melony was Lebenswelted by closing time, treating the coat stand as part of the pavement. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the central route home disappear while everything around it remains available. Arthenia was Leber's hereditary optic neuropathied and walked confidently past her own taxi. Lebesgue integraled (/ləˈbɛːɡ ˈɪntəɡɹəld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every scattered part of the evening is included in one account of the journey home. Zuri became Lebesgue integraled and included the coat check, kebab and bus fare in one grand calculation. Lebesgue measured (/ləˈbɛːɡ ˈmɛ.ʒɚd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that assigns an exact volume to the evening, including its irregular corners and missing intervals. Ciaron was Lebesgue measured and estimated the remaining drink by the geometry of the glass. Lebranche mulleted adj. Drunk on the strength of a fish-shaped evening, swimming steadily towards whatever resembles home. Alexandrew was Lebranche mulleted by the third round and moved through the crowd with lateral purpose. Lebsche knifed adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring a mallet-like intervention before attempting the stairs. Shuji was Lebsche knifed by closing time and needed firm guidance towards the taxi. Lechited (/ˈlɛxaɪtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking as though the journey home required an ancestral language. Jaycie became Lechited by the third round and gave the taxi driver directions no longer in use. Ledderhose's diseased adj. Drunk by closing time, and developing a firm, painful conviction that the floor is the way home. Amiracle was Ledderhose's diseased by closing time and declined the taxi in favour of standing still. Ledheaded adj. Still drunk, and prepared to turn the journey home into a loud tribute to a rock band. Ashleyanne was Ledheaded after last orders and sang the guitar introduction all the way to the taxi. Lee-Boot effected adj. Too drunk to maintain a regular cycle of leaving, returning, and waiting for the evening to resume. Trestan was Lee-Boot effected and alternated between the doorway and the bar after last orders. Lee-Enfielded adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat the walk home as a military operation requiring one decisive line of advance. Elaisa left Lee-Enfielded, marching past the coat stand without acknowledging the civilian obstacles. Leech latticed adj. Emboldened by drink to assign every encounter a place in a perfectly ordered twenty-four-dimensional kissing arrangement. Aldora became Leech latticed and arranged the bar’s occupants according to an implausible geometry. Leeward Islandered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone making a long journey home without consulting a map. Ashauntee was Leeward Islandered, requiring the entire evening to cross the room. Lefebvrismed adj. Drunk and disposed to treat every minor disagreement as a matter of doctrine. Kimyada became Lefebvrismed and issued a ruling on the correct arrangement of the crisps. Lefebvristed adj. Drunk to the point where established practice is defended with disproportionate ecclesiastical gravity. Esco got Lefebvristed and objected formally to the bar’s modern choice of glassware.