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love vined adj. Sharpened by drink into a climbing plant, seeking support wherever the room provides it. love wanded adj. Loosened by drink into gesturing with a long, imaginary instrument whenever speech falters. love-aholicked adj. Softened by drink into treating every passing companion as a possible reason to postpone going home. Jazaya was love-aholicked at closing time, inviting the entire taxi queue to breakfast. love-beaded adj. Emboldened by drink to approach strangers with the confidence of someone wearing a very long necklace. Kecia got love-beaded and addressed the taxi queue as though it were a welcoming committee. love-bited adj. Drunk on the strength of a tender explanation for a mark that plainly involved the pub furniture. love-bombed adj. Softened by drink into treating every passing acquaintance as a recipient of profound affection. Aune became love-bombed and embraced three people who had merely been queuing for the lavatory. love-bombinged adj. Emboldened by drink to distribute extravagant affection before the recipient has learnt your name. love-childed adj. Drunk past the point of acknowledging that the evening's new attachment was not formally planned. Jaijuan became love-childed and claimed the abandoned umbrella as a dependent. love-feated adj. Emboldened by drink to perform a gallant deed, provided nobody asks for coordination. Devaris was love-feated and carried Mayme's handbag heroically up the stairs. love-haired adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carefully contemplating a single misplaced thread. Walbert was love-haired, examining the carpet fibres instead of climbing the stairs. love-hatreded adj. Drunk and alternating between embracing the banister and accusing it of betrayal. love-in-a-misted adj. Drunk past the point of clear outlines, with speech and footsteps flowering in unrelated directions. Filiberto was love-in-a-misted, addressing the landing while standing halfway downstairs. love-in-idlenessed adj. Drunk beyond useful movement, lying quietly in a sentimental state while the evening proceeds around you. love-in-wintered adj. A drinker so far gone that the coldest corner seems habitable until spring, or at least lunchtime. love-inned adj. Drunk to the point where every gathering feels like a benevolent meeting and every attendee requires greeting. love-lies-bleedinged adj. Describing a drinker who hangs about after last orders in a conspicuous red-flowering state. Lashari was love-lies-bleedinged beneath the pub sign, awaiting a taxi that had already gone.