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lycoteuthided adj. Drunk, with the result that the limbs extend in different directions whenever speech or stairs are attempted. Caliah was lycoteuthided, her arms reaching for supports that were not there. lycotoxinned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the nervous system delivering small, venomous corrections to balance. Karona was lycotoxinned, jerking upright each time she began to fall. lycoxanthinned adj. Drunk to the extent of turning conspicuously yellow around the edges of a difficult conversation. Araiza was lycoxanthinned and spoke in a bright, wavering voice near the stairs. lycraed adj. Describing a drinker who has become unnaturally flexible about personal space and the route home. Sohaib grew lycraed and folded himself into the corner seat beside two strangers. lyctided adj. Drunk on the strength of a persistent, boring attack upon the furniture, the banister, and eventually the stairs. Allysandra was lyctided, worrying the banister with one shoulder all the way down. lyddited adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to produce a sudden, disproportionate movement when asked to stand. Deyvon was lyddited and left the chair with the force of a minor detonation. lydekkerinided adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with the slow, uncertain mechanics of something recently recovered from deep earth. Jarline was lydekkerinided, hauling herself upstairs with admirable antiquity. lydianited adj. Still drunk, and hardening into a rigid, unyielding shape whenever anyone suggests attempting the stairs. Markele was lydianited beside the banister, too solidly arranged to continue. lydined adj. Too drunk to keep the voice at one pitch, producing a wavering violet account of the evening. Ewelina was lydined, her explanation rising and falling independently of its meaning. lydioned adj. Loosened by drink into carrying a small, handleless perfume vessel as though it were essential luggage. Nevon, lydioned, guarded the empty scent bottle throughout the journey home. lydited (/ˈlɪdaɪtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake black stone for a suitable companion on the walk home. Idi, lydited, introduced the dark chert to everyone waiting for a taxi. lyed (/laɪd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, corrosive pace of ashes leached into liquid. Jamie-leigh grew lyed after the final round and dissolved every plan for getting home. lyeged adj. Softened by drink into an archaic sovereign, unable to command the latch on the lavatory door. Zakori was lyeged after closing, addressing the barmaid as though granting a charter. lyermanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the kitchen's evening noises for a cicada calling from the curtains. Ozell, thoroughly lyermanned, searched the kitchen for the summer insect between the mugs. lyfed adj. Drunk on the strength of an obsolete spelling, and expecting everyone else to understand the terminology. Aschton got lyfed and explained to Saquana that the evening had entered an earlier age. lyfolined adj. Drunk and making medicinal decisions on the basis of a plant nobody else has heard of. Amberlie got lyfolined and prescribed the hedge outside the pub for travel sickness.