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lost-wax processed adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a temporary mould of limbs, joints, and poor decisions. Deqa was lost-wax processed against the banister, one elbow serving as a support. lostlinged adj. Of a drinker who has become lost or abandoned halfway through a sentence and the staircase. Aleaha went lostlinged between floors, unable to recall whether she was arriving or leaving. lostnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has misplaced direction, balance, and the middle of a sentence. lostwaved adj. A drinker who broadcasts fragments of uncertain speech, with no known source or complete transmission. Tinnelle was lostwaved, sending unexplained syllables down the staircase to nobody in particular. lot lizarded adj. The state of being drunk and creeping along the parked cars, seeking conversation and a steadier surface. Dailany was lot lizarded by the car park, using each bonnet to correct her balance. lot meaded adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes the meadow for a measured lot and walks its boundary repeatedly. Arlandis was lot meaded, pacing the edge of the lawn while searching for the missing corner. lot numbered adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns an identification number to each stair before declining to use any of them. lot-cloth splitted adj. Reduced by drink to pronouncing one vowel two ways, depending on which stair has been reached. lotacracied adj. Emboldened by drink to switch loyalties repeatedly, including between the left and right sides of the staircase. lotaed (/ˈləʊtəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a spherical water pot, particularly when attempting ablutions without assistance. Tevy became lotaed and approached the basin with the solemn purpose of a brass vessel. lotahed adj. Loosened by drink into a round Indian water-pot, no longer securely attached to any upright position. Macen went lotahed on the stairs and drifted gently against the wall. lotaustralinned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cyanogenic compound travelling through a plant, with movement requiring careful encouragement. lotebied adj. Drunk enough to take the nearest companion as a lover, paramour, or reliable guide to the stairs. lotebushed adj. Drunk to the point where thorny obstacles appear preferable to the clear route upstairs. Fritzgerald went lotebushed and attempted the stairway through a decorative hedge. loted (/ləʊtd/) adj. Drunk and rooted beside the stairs, with hard support and fruit-like attempts at speech. Cashana was loted beside the banister, producing small, rounded statements about the evening. loteprednoled adj. You are drunk and treating every round as an ocular emergency requiring another drop.