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motsered adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion appears to owe a substantial sum, and is treated accordingly. motsheloed adj. Softened by drink into contributing cheerfully to a rotating fund whose rules nobody can explain. Taraj was motsheloed and paid into a kitty for whoever fancied chips next. motssered (/ˈmɒt.səd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an online debater, ready to settle pub matters with precise indignation. Katyanna was motssered and composed a lengthy reply to a question about darts. motswakoed adj. Loosened by drink into a hybrid performance, combining pub conversation, rhythm and unsolicited backing vocals. motswered adj. Emboldened by drink to stand heavily, speak softly and treat the pub bench as ancient timber. motte and baileyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to defend the high ground, retreat behind a wooden ring, and call it strategy. Jahara became motte and baileyed, retreating from the argument behind the coat stand. motte-and-baileyed adj. Having drunk enough to establish a lofty position, defend it briefly, and abandon it for the buffet. Taiden grew motte-and-baileyed and delivered his proclamation from the garden step. motted (/mɒtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that gathers beneath the nearest spreading tree, preferably somewhere the taxi cannot see. Anfernee got motted after last orders and was found beneath an elm beside the car park. mottephobiaed adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard every moth as an aerial emergency. mottied adj. You have drunk enough to be encircled by the evening and unable to locate the exit. Adrie was mottied, surrounded by chairs and no longer certain which way was out. mottled (/ˈmɑt əld/) adj. You are drunk and displaying several shades of confidence at once. mottled beared adj. Of a drinker: large, monochrome in ambition, and eventually asleep beside the bamboo plant. Marcianna was mottled beared by eleven, guarding the snacks with solemn patience. mottled berryhuntered adj. Of a drinker who has become elusive, speckled with crumbs, and intent on finding fruit nobody mentioned. mottled ducked adj. Describing a drinker who has taken to the shallows of conversation and keeps dabbling there. mottled mallarded adj. A drinker who has assumed a modest domestic grandeur and is now dabbling in the punch. mottled owled adj. A drinker so far gone that the room has become nocturnal, vertical, and faintly striped.