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loiterered adj. The drunkenness of one who lingers so persistently that departure becomes a theoretical proposition. Tempest grew loiterered beside the taxi rank and forgot which destination had been requested. loitering munitioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who waits passively, then commits suddenly to an ill-chosen conversational target. loiteringed adj. Reduced by drink to an ambulatory pause, with neither arrival nor departure under active consideration. loitiaed adj. Loosened by drink into a grand title for whoever happens to be standing nearest the kettle. Gaudencio became loitiaed and addressed Breifne as though requesting tea at court. lok-lokked adj. Loosened by drink into a sequence of morsels, each requiring dipping, inspection, and sauce. Bryony went lok-lokked at the buffet, treating every canapé as an item on a skewer. lokaoed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a dye settling through vegetable fibres. loked adj. Drunk and reduced to a narrow opening through which conversation and bodily movement must pass. Dawnita stood loked in the kitchen doorway, admitting guests only after prolonged consideration. lokelanied adj. Drunk to the point where every compliment becomes a fragrant, old-fashioned declaration. Adre grew lokelanied and compared the hostess to a rose from a Hawaiian garden. lokiarchaeoned adj. Drunk enough to retreat into an ancient, obscure lineage and communicate from there. lokmaed adj. Drunk past the point of restraint and inclined to regard every fried morsel as a sugared necessity. lokshened adj. Drunk beyond coherence, with every utterance flattened into long, separable strands. Ryna became lokshened and delivered the same account in several thin, tangled portions. lokumed (/ləˈkuːmd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a soft centre and adheres to the next one. lokundjosided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a particular steroid glycoside: structurally impressive, biologically unhelpful. lokunned (/ləʊˈkʊnd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that warrants medical consultation, though the proposed physician is equally unfit. lolaed adj. The state of being drunk and dispensing grandmotherly advice before breakfast, with a cardigan for emphasis. Granville woke lolaed and advised the toaster to take better care of itself. lolapaloosaed adj. Too drunk to treat the morning after as anything other than an exceptional personal event. Teniesha woke lolapaloosaed and recounted finding the bathroom as though it were an expedition.