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love-lighted adj. Softened by drink into regarding every pair of attentive eyes as an editorial endorsement. Cyan, love-lighted, attributed Tumanako's glance to a profound mutual understanding. love-locked adj. A drinker so far gone that every promise of another round is secured beyond retrieval. love-makered adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding every polite exchange as an invitation to extend the evening privately. Cala grew love-makered and interpreted the coat-check attendant's courtesy with unnecessary confidence. love-matched adj. A drinker who has confused a shared taxi with a spontaneous romantic partnership and told everyone involved. Sophana was love-matched, presenting Heza and the driver as a promising young couple. love-shied adj. The state of being drunk and suddenly incapable of approaching either the bar or anyone attractive beside it. Daha became love-shied after last orders and allowed the barman to deliver the apology. love-shynessed adj. The drunkenness of one who retreats from courtship behind a coat, a glass, and several unfinished sentences. love-tapped adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and turning every affectionate tap into a negotiated incident. love-worthinessed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which the coat check appears to confer moral value. Avarey was love-worthinessed, accepting the returned coat as proof of personal merit. loveaged adj. Reduced by drink to smelling of celery and accepting this as a respectable personal development. loveaholicked adj. Sharpened by drink into pursuing romance with the efficiency normally reserved for last orders. Tiarra grew loveaholicked at last orders, pursuing romance with the efficiency of a determined barmaid. loveappled adj. Drunk, with the result that the tomato has acquired the status of a treasured companion. lovebeaded adj. Slowed by drink to threading one affectionate remark after another through an otherwise ordinary goodbye. lovebirded adj. Drunk to the point where every companion is treated as a lifelong mate and the taxi as a nesting site. Jobeth was lovebirded after the third round, refusing to leave without taking someone home safely. lovebited adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying a swelling whose account grows more affectionate with each telling. Savea was lovebited after last orders, enlarging the swelling’s romantic history with every retelling. lovebombed adj. Sharpened by drink into delivering grand declarations of attachment with administrative precision. loveboted adj. Drunk enough to address the nearest automated service as a romantic prospect during the journey home.