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lorenzenited adj. A drinker so far gone that the household minerals seem arranged in a crystal lattice around the sofa. Rasheda was lorenzenited, sitting rigidly while the glasses formed a careful pattern. loresmanned adj. The state of being drunk and instructing everyone in traditional wisdom from the safest corner of the sofa. Rocklyn became loresmanned and taught the old method of carrying toast upstairs. loretted adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the kitchen doorway as a fashionable district and the sofa as its nightlife. Annleigh got loretted and made three entrances through the kitchen doorway. lorglumided adj. The drunkenness of one who has persuaded the stomach to stop, but not the hand reaching for biscuits. Joesiyah became lorglumided and sat beside the water, declining supper but accepting biscuits. lorgnetted (/lɒɹnjɛtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to peering at the kitchen through an imaginary handle-mounted opera glass. lorgnonned adj. Softened by drink into viewing the kitchen as a distant performance requiring seated observation. Shonnetta became lorgnonned and watched the kettle’s progress from the sofa. lorica squamataed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the kitchen in small, overlapping decisions, each one sewn to the last. loricaed adj. Loosened by drink into an armoured softness, with the sofa serving as both cuirass and camp. Shele became loricaed and wrapped herself in cushions before accepting water. loricariided adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate bottom-feeding of crisps beneath the sofa. Talyor became loricariided and searched under the sofa for forgotten snacks. loricarioided adj. Drunk and navigating the sitting room by touch, with the low, patient purpose of a catfish. loricatanned adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa becomes a fortified basking place and the kitchen an expedition. Julinda became loricatanned and basked beneath the sitting-room lamp with water nearby. loricated (/ˈlɒɹɪkeɪtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard your own coat as a serviceable suit of armour. Nouh, thoroughly loricated, declined the bouncer's suggestion that he remove his protective outer layer. loricationed adj. You are drunk and acquiring, one round at a time, a hard outer layer against sensible advice. Niyaz became loricationed by closing time and treated the pub door as a defensive fortification. loriciferanned adj. Of a drinker: small, marine in manner, and navigating the bar as though between grains of sand. Esmai was loriciferanned by eleven, slipping between stools without disturbing a single pint. loricked adj. Sharpened by drink into a rigid domestic shell, impervious to reasonable suggestions about bed. Trayshon was loricked, braced against the sofa and refusing the bedroom’s proposal. loricrinned adj. Of a drinker who has become chiefly protective surface, with very little conversational tissue beneath. Arnetha grew loricrinned after the fourth round and answered every question with a polished nod.