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marmorkrebsed adj. Of a drinker: quietly multiplying proposed routes home, each apparently capable of continuing by itself. Mickey was marmorkrebsed, producing a fresh route home whenever the previous one reached a junction. marmorosised adj. A drinker who has mineralised overnight, retaining the veins but not the flexibility of limestone. Alenka woke marmorosised and spent ten minutes negotiating with the kettle. marmosed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning consists of small hands, bright eyes and no useful plan. marmoseted (/ˈmɑɹməsətd/) adj. The state of being drunk and clawed rather than nailed, with breakfast handled in a primitive arrangement. marmosined adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a small nocturnal mammal, emerging cautiously for the first drink of water. marmoted (/ˈmɑː.mətd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a large ground-dweller, sleepy, burrow-seeking and reluctant to face open curtains. Meriem was marmoted by morning, retreating beneath the duvet whenever anyone mentioned breakfast. marmotined adj. Softened by drink into a ground squirrel, storing crumbs and avoiding all unnecessary elevation. marmozeted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, clawed and constitutionally unsuited to the morning after. marn grooked adj. Loosened by drink into a wide-field game of kicking cushions and catching whatever survives the landing. marnavirused adj. Sharpened by drink into a small replicating message, passed repeatedly through every available conversation. Coryion was marnavirused by breakfast, carrying the same story from room to room. marngrooked adj. Emboldened by drink to kick and catch improvised balls across a space far larger than the occasion warrants. Kanijah got marngrooked and kicked a rolled blanket from the sofa to the breakfast table. marocained (/ˌmæɹəˈkeɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a heavy, cross-ribbed texture, each movement taking the shape of fabric settling. marocchinoed adj. Drunk and layered: espresso-dark at the centre, cocoa-dusted at the edges, with froth collapsing by breakfast. maroged adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast greens appear entirely sufficient as both meal and medical advice. marographed adj. Drunk enough to measure the tides of the evening, including the precise rise and fall of regret. Celecia was marographed by breakfast, charting last night's drinks against the bathroom visits. marokited adj. Drunk past the point of warmth, dark and mineralised in the manner of something formed underground. Joletha woke marokited, brown-faced and heavy beneath the bathroom light.