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Maconned (/ˈmakɒ̃d/) adj. Still drunk, and tasting the morning as though it were a dry red wine: tart, restrained and faintly regional. Esnaider woke Maconned, insisting the tap water had the character of a modest Burgundy. Maconochied (/məˈkɒnəkid/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a thin, practical breakfast assembled from whatever remains in the tin cupboard. Carmeshia was Maconochied by dawn, eating vegetables from a saucepan with the solemnity of field rations. Macorised adj. Having drunk more than the morning can account for, yet retaining several indistinct companions from the previous evening. Jaselynn woke Macorised, with several unfamiliar names written carefully on the back of a receipt. Macouted adj. You have drunk enough to regard the household as territory requiring stern, unnecessary supervision. Annaruth spent breakfast Macouted, inspecting the kitchen and issuing orders to the kettle. Macquarie lilied adj. Of a drinker: pallid, ornamental and unexpectedly persistent beside the sink the morning after. Tsz remained Macquarie lilied beside the draining board, upright but not participating in breakfast. Macquarie pined adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning standing quietly, resinous with old drink and difficult to move. Nagisa stood Macquarie pined by the back door, fragrant with last night's spirits and unwilling to leave. Macquaried (/məˈkwɔːrid/) adj. You are drunk and consulting the dictionary for the meaning of words you used correctly yesterday. Signa woke Macquaried, looking up ‘hangover’ before deciding the entry lacked sufficient nuance. Macquariumed (/ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has converted an obsolete machine into a habitat for the morning's thoughts. Sallyann woke Macquariumed, watching the blank television as if fish might eventually appear inside it. Macready paused adj. A drinker who stops halfway through each morning sentence, allowing the silence to appear deliberate. Dathel was Macready paused over toast, leaving every explanation suspended before the important word. Macrobianed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning becomes an ancient, distant kingdom reached only by hearsay. Olatunji woke Macrobianed, describing the kitchen as a remote realm with unusually poor plumbing. Macronited adj. The state of being drunk and governing the morning by announcement, despite having lost the relevant paperwork. Jovel was Macronited at breakfast, declaring a new household policy on toast and immediately forgetting it. Mactelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has combined two incompatible systems and is waiting for the morning to restart. Clorie was Mactelled after the party, alternating between a laptop and a headache with no shared protocol. Macushied adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a careful plural by morning: several moods occupying one chair. Viktorya was Macushied at breakfast, answering questions with three separate expressions and no conclusion. Macussied adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of unfinished thoughts, each waiting politely for the others to return. Errick appeared Macussied after the reception, arranging incomplete memories beside the untouched cereal. Macuxied adj. Softened by drink into a person who accepts the morning's evidence without requesting further investigation. Levontae woke Macuxied, agreeing that the missing shoe was probably a matter for another day. Mad Libbed adj. Emboldened by drink to fill every conversational blank with the first noun that presents itself. Rashade got Mad Libbed before breakfast, supplying ‘elbow’ whenever a sentence required a place name.