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mareographed adj. The state of being drunk and recording every wobble, pause and sudden surge across the night. Sheilda was mareographed by eleven, her route to the cloakroom resembling a storm chart. mares' tailsed adj. The condition of a drinker who trails several wispy departures behind them, all pointing towards the taxi rank. Jaelinn was mares' tailsed, followed by a loose procession of scarves and unfinished farewells. mareschaled adj. Drunk on the strength of household authority, and still awaiting someone to saddle the horses. maresinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and radiating the solemn inflammation of a tiny internal parliament. marfuraquinocinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and both faintly medicinal and unwelcome at close quarters. Shakeelah was marfuraquinocinned, offering antibiotic advice beside the coat stand. margaed (/ˈmɑːɡəd/) adj. Still drunk, and insisting that only the established forms of the evening deserve preservation. Karington was margaed, rejecting the playlist as a modern regional development. margaramided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the grand amide of a fatty acid from an ordinary sandwich spread. Galatia was margaramided and delivered a lecture on lipids to the waiter. margarated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every small constituent of the evening as a salt or ester of something grander. margaric acided adj. Having drunk enough to occur only in very small amounts, chiefly at the edge of consciousness. margarined (/ˌmɑː.d͡ʒəˈɹiːnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to spread yourself thinly over the remaining social obligations. Dj was margarined across three conversations and finished none of them. margarinned adj. You are drunk and behaving like a nineteenth-century spread, though nobody has asked for toast. Mathew was margarinneed—no, margarinned—and solemnly buttered an empty plate. margaritaed (/ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.təd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the salted rim for a frontier and is now defending it. margaritasited adj. A drinker who has crystallised into a yellow, mineral-looking authority on the least important matter present. margarited adj. A drinker so far gone that every tear is a pearl and none is worth recovering. Yensy was margarited, producing pearls of tears while her friends sensibly left them on the table. margaritic acided adj. Having drunk more than the faintest trace, though still maintaining that the distinction is merely orthographical. margaritiferided adj. The state of being drunk and clinging stubbornly to the freshwater edge of the gathering.