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lumbricined adj. Drunk by closing time, and burrowing into every available conversation for warmth and witnesses. Trajen was lumbricined by closing time, burrowing beside Thamia to continue an abandoned argument. lumbricked adj. Drunk to the extent of behaving like an obsolete intestinal passenger, tolerated by the whole table. lumbriculided adj. Still drunk, and capable of occupying several small social spaces without appearing to have travelled between them. lumbrinerided adj. Too drunk to stop threading through other people's exchanges, particularly where silence had briefly prevailed. Mikhai was lumbrinerided and entered Nashla's quiet conversation from an implausibly distant angle. lumbrokinased adj. Sufficiently drunk to dissolve the evening's clot of strangers, though the resulting circulation inconveniences everyone. lumbunged adj. Having drunk enough to rise above the gathering on uncertain supports, storing snacks for later. Marline went lumbunged and climbed onto the bench to safeguard Kayani's crisps. lumbused adj. Having drunk more than the company can comfortably hear about one's lower back, and sharing the remainder. Zimya became lumbused and enlisted Arvene to test every chair in the room. lumed (/ˈluːmd/) adj. You have drunk enough to glow faintly in company and serve as the table's unreliable clock. Iyanni got lumed and announced each hour to Kayoko without consulting any timepiece. lumefantrined adj. You are drunk and treating a minor social ailment with a compound remedy nobody requested. Jamielynn became lumefantrined and prescribed Jahmaad a complicated cure for speaking too quietly. lumefantrinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically certain that every awkward gathering requires a treatment, preferably one involving another round. lumelled adj. Of a drinker who has become a small, local patch of light by which the rest of the party navigates. Janishia went lumelled and stood beside the lamp, guiding Nehan towards the correct coat. lumen seconded adj. A drinker so far gone that one brief flash of good sense is followed by a long interval of explanation. Asteria became lumen seconded and spent Cassim's patience converting one bright thought into units. lumen-houred adj. The drunkenness of one who measures the evening by accumulated brightness, leaving companions to pay for the illumination. lumen-seconded adj. The state of being drunk and contributing one moment of clarity to an hour of communal endurance. lumened (/ˈluːmənd/) adj. Describing a drinker who emits a modest but useful quantity of attention, usually towards the wrong person. Smyan became lumened and directed all his remaining attention at Yochanan's unoccupied chair. lumenizationed adj. Reduced by drink to forming new bright openings in conversations, usually where none were required. Monea became lumenizationed and opened fresh conversational spaces between Kashaunda's perfectly adequate sentences.