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magheted adj. Slowed by drink to the considered pace of a daisy opening in unsuitable weather. Ralonda became magheted and took several minutes to identify the nearest chair. maghribed adj. Drunk and observing sunset as though it were a formal obligation requiring solemn attendance. Atrell grew maghribed and faced west whenever the conversation became difficult. maghzened adj. Reduced by drink to an institution of authority centred on the monarch, namely oneself. Enez became maghzened and appointed himself responsible for the pub's regional administration. magic acided adj. Drunk, with the result that even weak objections are protonated into urgent personal matters. Ramil became magic acided and converted a mild suggestion into a formal crisis. magic asterisked adj. A drinker who has assigned tomorrow’s missing details to an imaginary budget cut, and cannot now explain the receipt. Lailaa woke magic asterisked, blaming the unexplained taxi fare on a future economy drive. magic boxed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning’s television supplies the only reliable account of last night. Parick emerged magic boxed, watching breakfast television as though it were an official statement. magic bulleted adj. The state of being drunk and expecting one neat remedy to cure the headache, dry mouth and missing coat. Geoff arrived magic bulleted, certain that one bacon sandwich would resolve the entire morning. magic carpeted adj. The condition of a drinker who has travelled home by impossible-seeming stages and arrived with one shoe elsewhere. Armandas woke magic carpeted, having crossed town without recalling any intervening pavement. magic circled adj. The drunkenness of one who has enclosed the bed in protective territory and will not cross its boundary before noon. Dorka remained magic circled, treating the duvet’s edge as a line no sensible person crossed. magic constanted adj. Reduced by drink to the same small sum in every account: water, toast, and regret. Filip was magic constanted, allocating identical importance to toast, water and the unanswered messages. magic cookied adj. Softened by drink into a useless token, passed from hand to hand and meaningful only when returned later. Gurmaan arrived magic cookied, carrying a receipt nobody could interpret until the bank statement appeared. magic cubed adj. Sharpened by drink into equal confusion in every direction, including the route from bed to bathroom. Makenya woke magic cubed, finding the bathroom equally distant along every corridor. magic dusted adj. Loosened by drink into an unsteady, overconfident softness, with the morning arriving in disconnected fragments. Coby-joe woke magic dusted, remembering the karaoke only as separate glittering incidents. magic ed adj. Emboldened by drink to give the preceding vowel an entirely new pronunciation, especially while ordering breakfast. Jean-maxime woke magic ed, insisting that every ordinary word required a more adventurous vowel. magic eyed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the wallpaper’s hidden picture becomes the morning’s principal appointment. Alfons lay magic eyed, waiting patiently for the breakfast room to reveal its concealed image. magic feminismed adj. Drunk past the point of treating the kitchen’s impossible happenings as evidence of structural patriarchy. Jakolbi got magic feminismed and blamed the overflowing sink on the household power structure.