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mooseynessed adj. Softened by drink into a gentle, uncertain creature that regards the stairs as a suggestion. Jordan-junior grew mooseynessed and negotiated the first step with considerable tenderness. mooshed adj. Sharpened by drink into repeated attempts to address every man present, whether acquainted or not. moot courted adj. Loosened by drink into arguing both sides of a case, including the side nobody had proposed. moot earthed adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the ground beneath you, usually by missing it with one foot. Cartisha grew moot earthed and disputed the pavement with her left ankle. moot halled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a public hearing, with every stair requiring adjournment. Rayannah was moot halled by the second landing and paused to consider the handrail. moot pointed adj. Drunk to the point where every uncertainty becomes a debate and every debate ends without resolution. Rolando grew moot pointed and argued for ten minutes about which stair was lower. moot-axed adj. Drunk enough to attack an ordinary obstruction with the concentration normally reserved for a tree stump. Kelsye became moot-axed and tried to clear the umbrella stand with a shoulder. moot-halled adj. Drunk and conducting every conversation as a formal public hearing, including brief exchanges with the banister. Milta was moot-halled by closing time and invited the coat rack to make its submission. mootaed adj. Describing a drinker who turns every settled question into a debate, including whether the door is open. Adacia grew mootaed and reopened the question of who had ordered the taxi. mootahed (/ˈmuːtəd/) adj. A drinker who has mistaken the evening's intoxicant for a philosophical position, and is defending it poorly. Megan became mootahed and described the crisps as evidence of social collapse. mootchied adj. Of a drinker who has taken to leatherwork without being asked. Dinuki was mootchied by midnight and had begun measuring the handbags. mooted (/muːtd/) adj. The state of being drunk and conducting the morning's legal proceedings without a live case. Delorenzo got mooted and opened breakfast by presenting evidence against the coffee machine. mootered adj. Drunk to the extent of disputing the obvious, particularly when the obvious is the direction home. moothilled adj. Drunk on the strength of which you ascend a modest rise and address those below as a council. Emerito was moothilled halfway up the stairs and summoned the household to deliberate. mootied adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting every stumble as a considered argument in favour of another route. mootinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and practising arguments aloud while losing the thread of the staircase.