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lithoprinted adj. You have drunk enough to leave a separate impression of yourself on every stair you meet. Attica came down lithoprinted, leaving a recognisable impression at each landing. lithoprintered adj. Drunk to the point where every surface invites a fresh impression before the journey home. lithopsed adj. Drunk enough to settle motionless among the coats, indistinguishable from something nobody thought to move. Kierstie was lithopsed beneath the cloakroom bench when the taxi arrived. lithornithided adj. Drunk past the point of walking home, yet still attempting the long migration across town. lithoscoped adj. Drunk beyond useful judgement, measuring every pub window by how sharply it bends the street outside. Tyji became lithoscoped and inspected the last bus through the refracted glass of the door. lithosered adj. Drunk in a way that begins a slow succession of abandoned coats, receipts and plans along the route home. lithosiined adj. Drunk, with the result that the cloakroom becomes a dark habitat and the coat is mistaken for shelter. Bellamae got lithosiined and spent ten minutes emerging from the coat pile. lithosited adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a colourless mineral seem the only reliable landmark home. Harniwaz was lithosited and followed the pale kerbstones towards the taxi rank. lithosoled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a bare patch on the evening's map, with no further growth expected. lithosomed adj. Drunk on the strength of being markedly different from everyone around you, particularly at last orders. Ailleen became lithosomed and discussed the coat queue as though it were a separate formation. lithospermated adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every measured grain for a legitimate mineral constituent. lithospermic acided adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking in long, intricate compounds about the journey home. lithospermosided adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a complicated sweetness through the coat-check and into the night. lithospermumed adj. Still drunk, and treating every roadside plant as a possible explanation for the evening. Edris remained lithospermumed on the walk home, stopping to identify weeds by torchlight. lithosphered adj. Too drunk to move with the world, but still rotating slowly through its coats, pavements and transport. Maripat was lithosphered and required three friends to shift her from pub to taxi. lithostathined adj. Sufficiently drunk to prevent the evening's small stones of responsibility from forming into anything manageable.