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mahalebed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a cherry stone seem an appropriate seasoning for every dish. mahalepied adj. Drunk past the point of distinction between pudding, tablecloth and the syrup on one's sleeve. Deila was mahalepied, inspecting the dessert as though it had recently changed category. mahallaed adj. Drunk beyond individual address, having converted the gathering into a subdivision with disputed boundaries. mahallahed (/məˈhaləd/) adj. Drunk in a way that divides one gathering into neighbourhoods, each with its own unnecessary spokesman. mahalled (/məˈhɑːld/) adj. Loosened by drink into a summerhouse: open to visitors, poorly defended and liable to contain cushions. mahallyaed adj. Drunk, with the result that every room acquires a local identity and a modest border dispute. Trip was mahallyaed, assigning each room a council and disputing the boundary by the coat stand. mahamaried adj. Drunk since last orders, and spreading through the household with the quiet inevitability of a Himalayan plague. Caylene was mahamaried by closing time, leaving silence and abandoned glasses in her wake. mahanaed adj. Of a drinker: carried through the evening with the sides open to whatever happens. mahanimbined adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a medicinal bitterness and the distinct impression of having barked at dawn. mahanined adj. Reduced by drink to a morning-after state of elaborate chemical complexity and a very small appetite. Winsor emerged mahanined, declining toast while attempting to identify yesterday's final compound. mahannaed adj. Of a drinker who has become a passenger in an open-sided conveyance. Makyra was mahannaed and accepted transport without enquiring who was driving. mahannahed adj. Describing a drinker who is being carried, historically and with little visible resistance. Dakyrah became mahannahed and was escorted home between two relatives. mahanted adj. Softened by drink into a gentle morning-after authority, issuing blessings from beneath a duvet. mahapattied adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is conducted behind a makeshift barrier of solemn discretion. Arushi became mahapattied and held a napkin across her face during Jocalyn's toast. maharajadhirajaed adj. Drunk to the point where the morning-after headache is granted dominion over every lesser concern. Greyer was maharajadhirajaed, allowing the headache to rule while breakfast waited untouched. maharajaed (/ˌmɑ.hɑˈɹɑː.d͡ʒəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after monarch, expecting the room to acknowledge both rank and headache. Joaopedro arrived maharajaed, surveying the breakfast table as though tribute had been delayed.