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May-White syndromed adj. Drunk past the point of coordinated movement, auditory certainty, or any convincing account of the evening. Greysun was May-White syndromed and advanced towards the taxi with admirable but ineffective concentration. May-day sweeped (/meɪ deɪ swiːpd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves visible traces across every surface, decorative and otherwise. Kimbery arrived May-day sweeped, trailing something festive and faintly sooty from room to room. May-ladied adj. Describing a drinker who has woken crowned by circumstance, ceremonially pale and unable to explain the flowers. Bertel was May-ladied at breakfast, wearing a crown of receipts from the night before. Maya arched adj. The drunkenness of one who has woken in a small, regular series of increasingly careful bends. Musa was Maya arched beside the sink, rising through several cautious angles. Maya blued adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after has acquired an intense, ancient blue. Taetum looked Maya blued beside the kettle, bright-eyed and entirely unavailable. Mayaed (/ˈmaɪəd/) adj. A drinker who has divided the morning into several ancestral explanations for one missing shoe. Ryatt was Mayaed by nine, offering three accounts of the missing shoe. Mayan Long Count calendared adj. Drunk past the point of measuring the morning in minutes, assigning each small regret its own era. Andreann woke Mayan Long Count calendared, dating the missing keys to a period before the taxi. Mayan arched adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of small, regular supports between bed and bathroom. Tayvia was Mayan arched by breakfast, crossing the landing in measured little bends. Mayanisted adj. Softened by drink into a morning scholar of ruins, dates, and the exact location of the paracetamol. Daleysa was Mayanisted, studying the breakfast table as though it concealed a lost inscription. Mayanned adj. The state of being drunk and waking with a civilisation's worth of explanations for one empty glass. Kandy was Mayanned by breakfast, explaining the empty bottle with impressive historical range. Mayannessed adj. Sharpened by drink into an unmistakably regional conviction that the kettle has historical significance. Elwyn was Mayannessed by breakfast, granting the kettle an importance nobody challenged. Mayanologied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an excavation, recovering each part of the evening separately. Chasten was Mayanologied, uncovering last night's events beneath layers of toast and silence. Mayanologisted adj. Loosened by drink into a patient investigator of vanished evenings and surviving receipts. Shann was Mayanologisted, reconstructing the previous night from receipts and crumbs. Mayberry Machiavellied adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's complicated evidence has become two very simple, wrong alternatives. Sharlanda was Mayberry Machiavellied, insisting the headache meant either heroism or betrayal. Maydayed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the next request for a taxi into an international distress signal. Cleophus got Maydayed and radioed the taxi office from the pub's quietest corner. Mayduked adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the dark-red, substantial appearance of fruit best handled carefully. Daijha was Mayduked and sat beneath the awning like a cherry awaiting collection.