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lorided adj. Loosened by drink into a nocturnal, soft-footed creature that declines the direct route home. Ontaria was lorided and took forty minutes to cross the car park, investigating every shadow. loried (/ˈlɒɹid/) adj. Drunk enough to become brightly coloured in the face and conversationally impossible to perch beside. loriided adj. Describing a drinker who has taken to bright noises, loose perching, and unsolicited commentary. lorikeeted (/lɒɹɪˈkiːtd/) adj. A drinker who has become brightly coloured in opinion, dress, and volume. Sula arrived lorikeeted, wearing a vivid tie and explaining its significance to the landlord. lorilabialed adj. A drinker so far gone that every remark is lodged precisely between what was meant and what was said. lorileted adj. The state of being drunk and small, vivid, and liable to vanish into the nearest hedge. Allaura was lorileted after darts and could be found only by following the bright scarf. lorimered adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun fitting every object in the pub with unnecessary metalwork. Dextyn was lorimered and tried to improve the bar stool with a teaspoon and a beer mat. lorinered adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself keeper of every buckle, bit, and loose fitting in the pub. Trystan became lorinered and examined the saloon-door hinges with professional solemnity. loringed adj. Reduced by drink to delivering instruction nobody requested, on subjects nobody raised. Srisha was loringed after the first jug and taught the fruit machine a lesson in probability. lorioted adj. Softened by drink into a yellow, whistling presence at the edge of the conversation. Danijela was lorioted, whistling cheerfully beneath the awning while the others finished their pints. lorised (/ˈlɔːɹɪsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a slow, wide-eyed observer of everyone else's business. Kristia grew lorised and watched the dominoes with unnerving patience from the end of the bench. lorisided adj. Emboldened by drink to approach quietly, stare intently, and ask whether the landlord has considered moonlight. lorisiformed adj. Slowed by drink to a patient crawl, with each journey across the bar requiring considered timing. lorisoided adj. Drunk and moving through the pub with the uncertain grace of something awake chiefly at night. Luerene was lorisoided, climbing onto the bench and blinking thoughtfully at the fruit bowl. lorlatinibed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation becomes a cellular process requiring inhibition. Jahvonte was lorlatinibed and attempted to inhibit the entire darts team from taking another turn. lormetazepamed adj. Drunk enough to become anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, and of limited use carrying one's own coat. Bindi was lormetazepamed by the last round and slept through the landlord locking the snug.