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mooninged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes public disrobing seem a sound form of argument. Mattson went mooninged and attempted to settle the parking dispute by turning round. moonitoed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a small, implausible idea as sufficient reason to proceed. moonjaed adj. Reduced by drink to a strip of Indian grass, flattened softly beneath the morning's first attention. moonjahed adj. Softened by drink into Indian grass, and lying low until the morning after has passed. moonjed adj. Drunk by closing time, and mistaking every patch of lawn for a useful fibre crop. moonlessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to find the glass of water in a room without a visible moon. moonleted adj. The condition of a drinker who circles the rim of the water glass in a small, persistent orbit. moonlight blued adj. Softened by drink into the grey-blue colour of a kitchen before anyone has found the switch. moonlight flitted adj. Sharpened by drink into a quiet departure, leaving the kitchen, the rent and the empty glass behind. moonlight requisitioned adj. Loosened by drink into taking household supplies for private use, beginning with the last clean tumbler. moonlight schooled adj. Emboldened by drink to teach an evening class to the sofa, using a glass of water as the syllabus. Hildia got moonlight schooled and lectured the sofa on the correct temperature for drinking water. moonlight towered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an old street lamp, standing upright and illuminating very little. moonlighted (/ˈmunˌlaɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a reflected brightness, strongest on the spilled water and nowhere else. Daizie lay moonlighted on the sofa, shining faintly beside an untouched glass of water. moonlightered adj. Drunk and working a second shift in the kitchen, after the household has gone to bed. Amdanda was moonlightered, washing one saucepan long after everyone else had retired. moonlightinged adj. Drunk to the point where the evening's secondary job is carrying water from the kitchen to the sofa. Orfalinda moonlightinged after midnight, carrying water from the kitchen to the sofa while friends supervised the route. moonlinged adj. Drunk enough to become a simpleton in the kitchen, asking the kettle whether it has seen the sofa.