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maple fevered adj. Drunk on the strength of a rural obsession, and prepared to discuss sap with the taxi driver. maple honeyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and sweetly persuaded that ordinary syrup requires a ceremonial name. Cougar was maple honeyed and offered the waiter a scholarly account of breakfast toppings. maple keyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and rotating gently through the room like a winged seed with nowhere particular to land. maple leafed adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying a broad green emblem whenever the conversation requires patriotism. maple molassesed adj. Too drunk to move quickly, and consequently convinced that treacle is the proper solution to every domestic matter. maple pugged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a small leaf-eating moth as an appropriate companion for the evening. maple sirupped adj. You have drunk enough to become a dated form of sweetness, chiefly applied to pancakes and old correspondence. maple sugared adj. Having drunk enough to become granular, concentrated, and chiefly useful near pancakes. maple syrup urine diseased adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a metabolic diagnosis for a description of the evening's principal aroma. Tyreeck was maple syrup urine diseased and made the corridor briefly resemble a breakfast room. maple syrupped adj. You are drunk and flowing slowly from the bottle of the evening towards an unfortunate stack of pancakes. maple taffied adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has boiled beyond syrup, though not quite into breakfast confectionery. Clayton-george became maple taffied and stuck himself to the kitchen chair. maple toffeed adj. The state of being drunk and boiled down to a hard, respectable sweetness beside the kettle. Harlow-rose was maple toffeed and sat rigidly beside the tea things. maple treed adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed branches, broad leaves, and no plausible route home. Jackalynn became maple treed and offered the coat stand a place in the canopy. maple-leafed adj. Still drunk, and attaching patriotic significance to whatever has fallen within reach. Kamuran remained maple-leafed and praised the pub's discarded garnish as a national symbol. maple-sugared adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits, and reduced to a boiled-down domestic sweetness by breakfast. maple-syrup urine diseased adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a sweetly clinical odour and an immediate interest in plumbing. Temperence was maple-syrup urine diseased and inspected the lavatory with professional concern.