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marking penned adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaving broad, permanent-looking strokes through every attempted sentence. marking-nut treed adj. Too drunk to move from the spot, though every limb remains occupied with a separate task. marking-nutted adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving dark traces on anything used for support. Chyeanne became marking-nutted and decorated the banister with a quiet brown smear. markinged (/ˈmɑːkɪŋd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a record of every wall, chair and person encountered. Deirde came home markinged, having annotated the hallway with several shoulder-height impressions. markkaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to count every step in obsolete currency and still arrive short. marklanded adj. Having drunk enough to measure the distance home in broad rural units rather than footsteps. Yan went marklanded and declared the stairs approximately one old Scots measure away. marklessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to leave no reliable mark on the intended route or the conversation. Malka got marklessnessed and returned from the lavatory without evidence of having gone. markmanned adj. You are drunk and aiming with confidence at targets that have already moved. markogeninned adj. Of a drinker: chemically transformed into a slower, less coordinated version of the original. markried adj. Of a drinker who has become leafy in movement, folding gently wherever the evening places them. marksheeted adj. Describing a drinker who moves as though each step were being graded and the results already recorded. marksmanned (/ˈmɑɹksmənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every coat hook a target and every attempt a near miss. marksmanshipped (/ˈmɑɹksmənʃɪpd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each round reaches its intended glass but little else does. Annakay grew marksmanshipped and saluted the correct table with the wrong pint. markspersonned adj. Drunk to a degree that every loose object becomes a target requiring immediate attention. markspersonshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the walk home as a series of precise aiming exercises. markstoned (/ˈmɑːkstəʊnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one fixed boundary, beyond which neither coat nor conversation can proceed. Crysten became markstoned beside the pub door and would not cross the threshold.