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lycopoded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you low, green-minded, and spreading steadily across the furniture. Malcom was lycopoded and settled beneath the table, where he remained broadly content. lycopodinned adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has become an optional extra, like a remedy nobody prescribed. Cobra was lycopodinned, leaning on both walls to negotiate the corridor. lycopodiophyted adj. The state of being drunk and advancing by short, branching movements, as though each step might grow into another. Ella-jai was lycopodiophyted, spreading across the landing one uncertain foot at a time. lycopodited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become remarkably still, ancient-looking, and difficult to move from the stairs. Synai was lycopodited beside the staircase, preserving the posture for several minutes. lycopodium powdered adj. Reduced by drink to a fine, unstable presence, liable to flare into movement when anyone mentions the stairs. Trelisa was lycopodium powdered and scattered between the bar and the staircase. lycopodiumed adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds upright only by clinging, with the quiet persistence of a trailing plant. Concepta was lycopodiumed and made the banister part of her journey. lycopsided adj. Softened by drink into a primitive, leaning form that can manage a staircase only by gradual evolution. Nikyah was lycopsided, developing a new method of descending with every step. lycorexiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a constant appetite for another round, despite having forgotten where the last one went. Lovic was lycorexiaed and requested chips immediately after finishing his meal. lycoricidined adj. Loosened by drink into a dangerously wandering gait, with coordination inhibited at the molecular level. Jorgan was lycoricidined and missed the final stair by a modest but significant margin. lycorined adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each word and stair arrives separately, after lengthy internal processing. Erim was lycorined, pausing between syllables and taking the stairs one thought at a time. lycorised adj. Drunk and standing upright only in the manner of a flowering plant that has reconsidered its stem. Shyenne was lycorised beside the stairs, upright but not convincingly attached to the floor. lycosided adj. Drunk to the point where every staircase is approached as prey, and every landing as a hunting position. Vaneta was lycosided, crouching halfway up the stairs and watching the banister. lycosoided adj. Drunk enough to move laterally, suddenly, and with no reliable account of how the floor was located. Zeda was lycosoided, crossing the hallway sideways to avoid an entirely stationary chair. lycosomed adj. Drunk past the point of useful supplementation, with nourishment replaced by a slow collapse of coordination. Chardonnai was lycosomed and forgot whether the staircase led up or merely continued. lycosuchided adj. Drunk beyond the point where the body’s ancient machinery can negotiate a change of level. Jet was lycosuchided at the foot of the stairs, regarding the ascent as geological. lycotetraosed adj. Drunk in a way that divides every movement into four smaller movements, none of them especially helpful. Finnie was lycotetraosed, taking four attempts to place one foot on the step.