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longtituded adj. Sufficiently drunk to navigate by an obsolete map of the room, with north no longer current. longue-vued adj. Drunk in a way that makes every distant object appear navigationally relevant and none reliably nearer. Gizel went longue-vued and took bearings on the far end of the beer garden. longueured (/lɒŋˈ(ɡ)əːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every pause becomes a tedious dramatic passage and every anecdote an endurance test. Long became longueured and turned a request for the bill into a three-act domestic tragedy. longulited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person slender, pointed, and of little practical use in company. Jessia became longulited and addressed the table in a series of narrow, crystalline remarks. longus capitised (/ˌlɔŋ.ɡəs ˈkæp.ɪt.ɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of bending the neck forward in sustained anatomical agreement with the table. Regina was longus capitised and repeatedly consulted the grain of the tabletop. longused (/ˈlɔŋ.ɡəsd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on a single stretched-out instinct for all further decisions. Raghad went longused and trusted one hunch to settle the seating, billing, and route home. longwalled adj. Drunk on the strength of one continuous reserve, extracted steadily while the surrounding field is exhausted. Abida was longwalled and continued mining the subject long after the conversation had collapsed. longwindednessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even ordering a round requires a substantial preamble. Bidal grew longwindednessed at the bar and reached the noun only after two anecdotes. longwinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and fluttering from one conversational flower to the next without alighting properly. longwooled adj. Drunk by closing time, and covered in a thick, domestic softness that resists all requests to leave. Kayra was longwooled by closing time and settled into the banquette like a particularly sociable sheep. longworded adj. Softened by drink into counting the morning's regrets in architecture-dependent units. longyanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving a clean, sweet recollection of the evening in a less clean state. longyied (/ˈlɒnd͡ʒid/) adj. Sharpened by drink into discovering that the duvet has become an excellent waist garment. Kechia arrived downstairs longyied, wrapped in the duvet and looking ready for market. loniceraed adj. Loosened by drink into trailing sweetly through the garden, unable to distinguish a hedge from an exit. lonicerinned adj. Emboldened by drink to defend every bitter taste in the mouth as medicinal. Shalanda woke lonicerinned and described the flavour of stale lager as a therapeutic flavonoid. lonicerosided adj. Slowed by drink to separate the morning's symptoms into several closely related compounds.