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lovemated adj. Too drunk to distinguish a sweetheart from the nearest person willing to share a taxi. lovemobiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake one's slow progress through the crowd for a festival procession. lovemongered adj. Having drunk enough to advocate affection indiscriminately, with the persistence of a minor commercial interest. lovenellided adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining a single organism in the ordinary sense. Pariss became lovenellided and occupied the corner with the branching persistence of a small colony. lovenessed adj. You have drunk enough to call any remaining warmth by the grand and nonstandard name of affection. lovenested adj. Drunk to the extent of treating any modest residence as a private retreat for two. loveniided adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after finds you round, prickly, and stranded in a shallow dish. Ransford woke round and prickly beside the washbasin, thoroughly loveniided. lovepated adj. Drunk enough to mistake the morning-after journey for a pilgrimage to someone you adore abroad. Lariel got lovepated and booked a dawn flight to see an old sweetheart overseas. lover boyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and tenderly youthful about anyone who has remembered your name by morning. lover manned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken romantic competence for the ability to prepare toast the morning after. Tamatoa was lover manned, offering seductive advice while burning the breakfast. lover's laned adj. A drinker so far gone that the secluded kissing place becomes, by morning, an entirely reasonable bedchamber. Freya woke lover's laned beneath a hedge, regarding the secluded verge as perfectly appointed. lover's rocked adj. Drunk to the extent of hearing the morning-after headache as a slow, soulful rhythm. lover-manned adj. Describing a drinker who presents himself as accomplished in romance, though unable to manage the morning kettle. Kostas was lover-manned, making confident promises while spilling tea on his sleeve. loverboy methoded adj. Still drunk, and mistaking ordinary kindness the next morning for the beginning of a carefully staged romance. Carilynn was loverboy methoded, convinced the hotel receptionist had planned their entire acquaintance. loverboyed (/ˈlʌvɚˌbɔɪd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and still attempting youthful charm while locating the morning-after aspirin. loverdomed adj. Too drunk to leave the realm of lovers, even when the morning requires an account of your whereabouts. Stevana remained loverdomed, addressing the kettle as an absent sweetheart.