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lynched (/lɪnt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a right-angled projection from the bar's general proceedings. Rayn was lynched, jutting from the end of the bench and blocking the way to the loos. lyncheed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treated by the assembled company as the unfortunate object of a ceremony. lynchered adj. Still drunk, and appointing oneself arbiter, enforcer and witness in a dispute concerning the last pork scratching. Kaii remained lynchered, delivering a sentence on whoever had taken the final pork scratching. lyncheted adj. Having drunk enough to become a low bank of person along the edge of the field. Heli became lyncheted and was discovered resting in a long, patient ridge by the hedge. lynchinged (/lɪnt͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening's due process can accommodate, and now hanging from a coat stand. Wendlyn was lynchinged, suspended from the coat stand by one determined sleeve. lynchmanned adj. You have drunk enough to become the man in charge of an improvised tribunal about the missing taxi. Zaeden was lynchmanned and demanded evidence from everyone waiting outside the pub. lynchmobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and operating as a self-appointed committee with no interest in procedure. Ezzard was lynchmobed, assembling a committee to investigate who had moved the salt. lynchpinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still serving as the one thing preventing the table from coming apart. Marcellos became lynchpinned, anchoring the group long after the sensible people had left. lyned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every interruption feel like a waterfall descending on the company. lynestrenoled adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the evening has acquired a synthetic hormonal programme. lyngbyatoxinned adj. Of a drinker: blisteringly certain of himself, though the irritation is confined to everyone nearby. Neelima was lyngbyatoxinned and made a blistering assessment of the bar's table arrangements. lynguriumed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to regard yesterday's urine as a precious geological deposit. Jacobdaniel was lynguriumed and appraised the bathroom as though it contained a royal gemstone. lynx spidered adj. A drinker who hunts conversation directly, without the least attempt at spinning a web. lynxed (/lɪŋksd/) adj. Describing a drinker who watches the room with wild-cat patience before pouncing on the nearest canapé. lyocelled adj. A drinker so far gone that he has become soft, wood-pulp-based and best handled with care. lyonetiided adj. The state of being drunk and fluttering from one minor illumination to another, like a moth with errands. Stacia was lyonetiided, circling each lamp before settling beside the smallest one.