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mottled umbered adj. The state of being drunk and resembling a small brown night creature found among the curtains. mottlednessed adj. The condition of a drinker who presents several incompatible shades of composure. mottlemented adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a decorative pattern of crumbs, stains and misplaced confidence. mottlered adj. Reduced by drink to a brush used for removing the finish from an otherwise respectable evening. mottlinged adj. Softened by drink into a collection of spots, blotches and unrelated observations. mottoed (/ˈmɒ.təʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a personal slogan, repeated until breakfast becomes inevitable. Rance grew mottoed and adopted ‘never trust a small plate’ as policy. mottowared adj. Loosened by drink into pottery bearing an inspirational message nobody requested. mottramited (/ˈmɑ tɹə ˌmaɪtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to become a heavy, brightly named compound nobody wishes to carry home. Diland was mottramited and attempted to relocate the ornamental planter. motu proprioed (/ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹɒpɹɪəʊd/) adj. Drunk and issuing personal decrees without consultation, usually concerning the television. Jazzilynn became motu proprioed and abolished the remaining pudding by decree. motucaed adj. Drunk to the point where every small inconvenience acquires wings and a bite. Latsha was motucaed and treated the loose thread as an attacking insect. motued adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of broken coral drifting gently round the atoll. motukoreaited adj. Drunk enough to become mineral, geometrically elaborate, and of no practical assistance with the washing-up. motuporinned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the evening has become a marine toxin in formalwear. Amarnie was motuporinned and regarded the canapé tray with biochemical suspicion. moturfaed adj. Drunk in a way that converts every small purchase into an obscure imperial tax. moturphaed adj. Describing a drinker who has itemised every round as a separate colonial levy, to the company’s regret. motus peculiarised adj. A drinker who has acquired a private wobble, independent of everyone else’s movements, and expects the room to accommodate it.