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mandrixed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the kitchen for a chemist and requested a stronger household remedy. Lashawn became mandrixed and searched the cupboards for something medicinal. manducationed adj. Sharpened by drink into the steady work of eating whatever remains in the kitchen. Yoanna grew manducationed and finished the cold potatoes without ceremony. manducatored adj. Loosened by drink into an instrument for eating, with the biscuit tin as its apparent purpose. North became manducatored and opened the biscuit tin with solemn efficiency. mandued adj. Softened by drink into a small, yielding parcel best left beside the kettle. Quanna became mandued after supper and folded neatly into the corner of the sofa. mandyased adj. Emboldened by drink to wear the dressing gown as ceremonial robes and receive guests from the sofa. Ingrit grew mandyased and received the neighbours in a dressing gown. mandylioned (/mɑnˈdɪlɪənd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the stillness of a holy image, with the sofa serving as shrine. mane-combed adj. Drunk beyond the point where every loose strand, fringe and stray thought requires brushing into order. Zandalee went mane-combed and smoothed the landlord's fringe with a beer mat. maneabaed adj. Drunk to the point where the kitchen becomes a meeting house and every biscuit requires discussion. Adrik was maneabaed, convening the household beside the kettle over one missing teaspoon. maneatered adj. Describing a drinker who approaches breakfast with the patient menace of a large predator. Guess was maneatered, circling the buffet before selecting a single piece of toast. maneatinged adj. Drunk enough to regard the roast chicken as a fellow inhabitant of the house. Grindl became maneatinged and addressed the chicken before carving it. manebed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing supper from a chemical treatment for the kitchen floor. Lateafa was manebed and attempted to season the tiles with something from the shed. maned (/meɪnd/) adj. Drunk and furnished with a luxuriant growth of blanket, dressing gown, and uncombed hair. Janie sat maned on the sofa, wrapped in a duvet and guarding the water. maned foxed adj. Drunk in a way that gives a quiet drinker a wild outline and an unexplained need to roam. maned ratted adj. Drunk beyond grooming, with a long-haired, bushy-tailed disposition and a preference for dark corners. maned wolfed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker long-limbed, solitary, and inexplicably near the kitchen bin. maneened adj. Drunk in a way that reduces a previously substantial adult to a little man of uncertain purpose.