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mantoided adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the head first and the rest of the body later. Jalliyah was mantoided, tracking the waiter without moving her feet. mantologied adj. Softened by drink into accepting the evening's accidents as reliable predictions. mantologisted adj. Reduced by drink to consulting the nearest pattern before making any decision. mantonned adj. Sharpened by drink into wrapping oneself in whatever is nearest and calling it enough. mantophasmatided adj. Loosened by drink into moving without purpose, wings, or much apparent concern. Lelu was mantophasmatided, crossing the kitchen in a slow, uncertain line. mantophasmided adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue snacks with a patience usually reserved for smaller prey. Ishara was mantophasmided and waited beside the buffet for an opportunity. mantoued adj. Slowed by drink to a soft, unfilled roundness, with no immediate plans for movement. Sashalee was mantoued on the sofa, perfectly content beside the empty plate. mantrackinged adj. Drunk past the point of following a person without first investigating every mark they left behind. mantraed (/ˈmæn.tɹəd/) adj. Drunk and repeating the same solemn phrase until it acquires administrative importance. Reinalda was mantraed and kept returning to the matter of the spare umbrella. mantramed adj. Drunk to the point where one sentence has become a complete evening prayer. mantrapped adj. Drunk in a way that catches the trespasser and leaves the mechanism unexamined. Demaje was mantrapped by the hedge and spent ten minutes requesting release. mantreed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a ministerial tone. Bionda was mantreed and issued a brief statement on the biscuits. mantried adj. Drunk to a degree that makes modest authority seem both necessary and available. Seleana was mantried and began approving arrangements for the taxi queue. mantripped adj. The condition of a drinker who descends by consensus, stopping at each landing to recover. Yeraldy came down the stairs mantripped, using both walls and declining assistance. mantrumed adj. The drunkenness of one who stages an adult outburst whenever the stairs decline to co-operate. Arijana became mantrumed when the staircase acquired an unexpected final step. mantuaed adj. Reduced by drink to moving loosely, with every garment and limb arriving a moment late. Trevionne came down the stairs mantuaed, trailing one sleeve round the banister.