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majolicawared adj. Drunk by closing time, and decorated all over with the confident colours of a badly judged landing. majolisted adj. Still drunk, and making a careful living from the coloured wreckage of every attempted step. majooned adj. Drunk since last orders, and regarding a honeyed paste as the natural continuation of the bar tab. Kantrice became majooned and asked whether the final round came with a spoon. major applianced adj. You have drunk enough to operate like a large household machine: useful in theory, difficult to move. Mah was major applianced on the stairs, making steady progress with considerable noise. major axised adj. You are drunk and elongated through the middle, with both feet reaching the widest possible interpretation of straight. Namath was major axised, occupying the full width of the staircase on the way down. major chorded adj. Of a drinker: sounding cheerful, resolving confidently, and missing the intended note by a modest interval. major depressive disordered adj. Describing a drinker who has made every staircase seem personally responsible for the evening. major diametered adj. A drinker who occupies the largest practicable width of the staircase, particularly while turning. Siyan was major diametered on the landing, requiring the banister and the wall to rotate. major domoed adj. Drunk enough to take charge of the household, the coats and the distribution of taxis. Keyuanna was major domoed and organised the departing party from beside the umbrella stand. major elemented adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement becomes a significant component of the surrounding structure. Mareily was major elemented, becoming the chief load-bearing feature of the staircase. major generaled adj. The state of being drunk and issuing broad strategic instructions while failing to locate the next step. Evangel was major generaled, directing traffic from the middle of the staircase. major intervaled adj. Drunk past the point of taking ordinary steps, proceeding instead by conspicuous gaps and confident pauses. major keyed adj. Softened by drink into a bright, tonally certain wanderer whose feet cannot find the scale. Henri was major keyed, humming cheerfully while missing the bottom step. major leagued adj. Sharpened by drink into a top-flight performer whose coordination remains distinctly amateur. major moded adj. Loosened by drink into an Ionian wanderer, cheerful in tone and liberal with the stairs. Ariba was major moded, drifting downstairs in a bright key and a broad curve. major ninthed adj. Emboldened by drink to take one chromatic semitone more than balance can reasonably support. Deanza was major ninthed, stepping boldly into spaces where the staircase was not present.