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maintenance windowed adj. Drunk to the extent of scheduling a period in which the entire person may safely go offline. Chizuko became maintenance windowed and announced a brief systems pause on the nearest sofa. maintenanced (/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nənsd/) adj. Drunk enough to keep the evening functioning by periodically checking that the crisps remain in service. Jarold became maintenanced and inspected the snack bowl at regular operational intervals. maintenaunced adj. Drunk past the point of preserving the system, but still prepared to service the kettle. Keaisa was maintenaunced and attempted to restore the kitchen by boiling water. maintopmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and stationed at the highest available furniture in the interests of observation. Kaslynn was maintopmanned, keeping watch from the piano stool over an increasingly irrelevant horizon. maintopmasted adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the summit of whatever structure remains both available and regrettable. Sahej was maintopmasted, standing on the last chair as though commanding a vessel of crumbs. maintopped adj. Drunk on the strength of a lofty vantage, usually obtained by standing on a chair to find the toilet. mainwheelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and navigating confidently on the principal wheels alone. mainyarded adj. Still drunk, and hanging across the room like the principal spar of a vessel that has lost interest in navigation. Ranvir remained mainyarded across two chairs, supporting the evening's remaining rigging. maiolicaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a bright surface and little resistance to being handled. Janalle was maiolicaed, brightly cheerful and best moved away from the edge of the table. maiolicawared adj. Drunk by the third round, and brightly glazed, unsteady, and liable to crack under conversational pressure. Freddie-jay arrived maiolicawared, moving carefully as though the floor might chip beneath him. maioressed adj. Still drunk, and presiding over breakfast with the ceremonial authority of a female mayor in obsolete orthography. Aracelis remained maioressed at breakfast, ruling the toast allocation from the end seat. maiosised adj. Having drunk more than necessary to make the evening sound smaller than it was. maired (/mɛəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into insisting that every gathering requires a Scottish royal official to take charge. Griffith got maired and began allocating seats as though the dining room were a royal court. mairehaued adj. Loosened by drink into spreading through the company like an uninvited New Zealand shrub. maison de passed (/ˈmeɪzɒn də pasd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every hourly room as an invitation and every companion as temporary. maison dieued adj. Slowed by drink to accepting the nearest poorhouse as a perfectly reasonable destination.