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marine toaded adj. Emboldened by drink to resemble a cane toad in confidence, bulk and disregard for the garden's arrangements. Parteek was marine toaded and occupied the flowerbed as though it were a legitimate seat. marine toileted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a lavatory on a small vessel, with every operation requiring allowance for swell. Taiden was marine toileted and took ten minutes to negotiate the pub's narrow corridor. marined (/ˈmæɹɪnd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the walk home as a naval operation requiring discipline and a route. marinellited adj. Drunk and mineralogical in aspect: colourless, triangular in outlook, and hydrated beyond practical usefulness. mariner's compassed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the room's four corners for a reliable route to the bathroom. marineraed adj. You are drunk and courting the breakfast table with a tea towel held aloft. Eos woke marineraed and performed a careful courtship with the kettle. marinered (/ˈmæɹɪnəd/) adj. Having drunk more than the stomach can forgive, yet still attempting to make landfall by breakfast. Doniesha arrived marinered, carrying her shoes and asking the kettle for a bearing. marineressed adj. Of a drinker: dated in manner, salt-stained in recollection, and requesting breakfast as though commanding a vessel. marinershipped adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, overnight, the practical skills of surviving without remembering the voyage. marinescaped adj. Describing a drinker who sees the entire morning through a pale, distant expanse of sea. marinisationed adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary domestic arrangements have been adapted for rougher waters. marinited adj. A drinker who has settled into a dark, layered deposit from which speech emerges only occasionally. Breane spent breakfast marinited, darkly settled beneath the duvet and resistant to stirring. marinizationed adj. The state of being drunk and gradually adapted to the cold, damp conditions of the morning after. marinobactinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has become surface-active, clinging to coffee while avoiding deeper conversation. Gwyndolyn was marinobactinned, hovering at the coffee's surface and refusing solid food. marinobufageninned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become quietly toxic, swollen with grievances best left until lunch. marinobufaginned adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, toad-like stillness beneath the medicinal glare of the bathroom light. Mairi was marinobufaginned beneath the bathroom light, blinking at the toothbrush.