M - Page 1655
mudkickered adj. Describing a drinker who approaches every difficulty with the considered force of a boot. mudlanded adj. A drinker who has become terrain: low, extensive, and inhospitable to clean footwear. Jayrell lay mudlanded across the settee, rendering the cushions unsuitable for further occupation. mudlarked (/ˈmʌdlɑːkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that he regards himself as pork and expects to be discovered at low tide. mudlarkered adj. The state of being drunk and searching the lowest available places for objects of no discernible value. mudlessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has somehow removed all mud from the proceedings, including the sensible parts. Shabaka became mudlessnessed and insisted the garden was pristine despite the collapsed flowerbed. mudloggered adj. The drunkenness of one who records the condition of the ground while neglecting that of the company. Demaury got mudloggered and delivered a geological report on the bar mat. mudlogginged adj. Reduced by drink to continuous observation of the floor, with findings reported at unsuitable intervals. Damean became mudlogginged and announced every footprint between the bar and the lavatory. mudmanned adj. Softened by drink into a figure of uncertain outline, best left undisturbed until daylight. mudminnowed adj. Loosened by drink into a small freshwater creature, alert chiefly to movement beneath the surface. mudnestered adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the highest available perch and object loudly to all intrusions. Ektoras got mudnestered and addressed the room from atop the piano. mudpacked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cosmetic treatment drying on the face. mudpied adj. Reduced by drink to serving a child’s mud-made pie to everyone at the table, and defending its pastry. mudpoted adj. Drunk to the point where conversation becomes an acidic, intermittently bubbling discharge. mudprawned adj. Drunk enough to retreat sideways into the nearest crevice and defend it as a residence. mudpuddled adj. Drunk past the point of locomotion, reduced to a shallow and rather unpromising pool. mudpuppied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the limbs aquatic, the expression placid, and the evening largely submerged.