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lophialetided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary locomotion, proceeding by extinct, ungainly bounds towards the taxi rank. lophided adj. Drunk beyond the point where the ridges between successive rounds remain distinguishable. Raei was lophided by closing time and could no longer tell the second round from the sixth. lophiided adj. Too drunk to move sensibly, yet still presenting a lure and waiting for poor decisions to approach. lophiiformed adj. Drunk in a way that attracts companions with a small light of misplaced confidence and a large appetite for directions. Jennavieve went lophiiformed outside the pub, illuminating the taxi rank with unsolicited advice. lophined adj. Drunk, with the result that every farewell acquires a fragrant chemical importance disproportionate to the occasion. Micaylah became lophined after the final round and gave the taxi driver a benzoic explanation. lophironed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes several final rounds appear related, though none can be identified separately. Enno was lophironed by last orders and described the remaining drinks as members of one family. lophobranched adj. A drinker so far gone that he swims through conversation, displaying an obsolete fin arrangement to all concerned. lophocereined adj. The state of being drunk and toxic, with the evening proceeding according to distinctly botanical principles. lophocerined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become chemically elaborate, alkaloidal and difficult to classify socially. lophocoronided adj. The drunkenness of one who takes nocturnal flight whenever conversation approaches a subject of consequence. Makil became lophocoronided and disappeared towards the porch whenever questions were put. lophocratianed adj. Reduced by drink to gliding above ordinary conversation, with no evident means of returning to it. Contenia grew lophocratianed and sailed over three chairs to deliver an opinion. lophocyted adj. Softened by drink into a substantial cell of the gathering, producing connective remarks of doubtful tensile strength. lophodontied adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every observation arrives with ridges and an unnecessarily effective bite. lophogastrided adj. Loosened by drink into a crustacean-like wanderer, advancing sideways through the evening with ceremonial confidence. Lyssa became lophogastrided and approached the bar sideways, as custom apparently required. lophomonaded adj. Emboldened by drink to propel oneself by waving appendages, chiefly when a door is available. Joyleen grew lophomonaded and flagged herself towards the taxi with considerable purpose. lophophined adj. Slowed by drink to a visionary crawl, regarding familiar furniture as though it had acquired significance. Zixuan became lophophined and contemplated the umbrella stand as an important revelation.