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moor buzzarded adj. A drinker who circles the room with grave attention, eventually descending upon leftovers. Martianna was moor buzzarded, making slow circuits before landing beside the sausage rolls. moor grassed adj. A drinker so far gone that they have rooted in the damp ground and sway with the weather. moor macaqued adj. The state of being drunk and displaying a pale, unanticipated seat to the assembled company. Aaliyaa was moor macaqued, having turned round at precisely the wrong moment. mooraed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been portioned precisely, but cannot identify the commodity. mooraged adj. The condition of a drinker who has secured themselves to one chair and surrendered the tide. moorahed adj. Reduced by drink to a unit of measurement, suitable for counting but not for driving. Brisia was moorahed by midnight, a small measure of personhood beside the coat stand. mooramed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and proceeding home by whichever surface offers least resistance. moorballed adj. Softened by drink into a rounded mass, rolling gently wherever the evening inclines. moorbanded adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every companion as part of the same fastening arrangement. Fidella got moorbanded and attempted to keep the departing party together by linking arms. moorberried adj. Still drunk, and scattering small red grievances through every conversation at the table. Clydetta was moorberried, leaving each friend to remove another tart remark from the evening. moorbirded adj. Too drunk to remain still when challenged, and liable to flush a whole table into movement. Siofra became moorbirded and sent everyone searching for the coat she had never brought. moorburned adj. Describing a drinker who has scorched the old growth overnight and is awaiting uncertain renewal. moorburninged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard setting fire to the open ground as a social suggestion. moorchated adj. Having drunk enough to offer one obscure identification after another, none requested by the company. Kianga got moorchated and corrected the host on a bird no guest had mentioned. moorcocked adj. Having drunk more than the room can quietly accommodate, and challenging every interruption like a territorial male. Taden was moorcocked and treated the waiter’s gentle reminder as a personal intrusion. moored (/mʉːɹd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has settled upon the nearest heath and can no longer be usefully relocated. Vanesta was moored beside the beer garden, immovable among the weeds.