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marronned adj. Of a drinker: sweetly compact, ceremonially brown, and ultimately destined for the tin opener. marrooned adj. The condition of a drinker who confidently mistakes a dead-end for an escape route. Angenetta got marrooned and led everyone through the locked service corridor. marroted (/ˈmæɹətd/) adj. Of a drinker who has achieved the solemn, upright profile of a seabird awaiting a fish. marrow smeared adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening appears aspirated, mounted, and examined under a microscope. marrow squashed adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a broad green softness best served with a spoon. Khelen was marrow squashed, reclining across the sofa with vegetable finality. marrowboned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an edible centre and is being approached with toast. Marquina was marrowboned by closing time, rich at the centre and useless at the edges. marrowed (/ˈmæɹəʊd/) adj. A drinker who has retreated to the essential substance of the evening and is producing no further argument. Trenedy was marrowed, quiet at last and slumped beneath the kitchen table. marrowfated adj. The drunkenness of one who has become large, starchy, and destined for a tin. Godrick grew marrowfated and contemplated the cupboard with agricultural dignity. marrowskied adj. Reduced by drink to exchanging the sounds of important words and calling it conversation. marrubiumed adj. Softened by drink into a bitter aromatic presence that has taken root beside the radiator. marry fuck killed adj. Sharpened by drink into assigning grand romantic destinies, then forgetting the names involved. marry-inned adj. Loosened by drink into joining the family tree by marriage, preferably without meeting the relatives. Meegan was marry-inned, accepted into the family only because the taxi had departed. marry-muffed adj. Emboldened by drink to speak complete nonsense with the confidence of a legal pronouncement. Floramae was marry-muffed, delivering nonsense on the staircase as though Parliament had requested it. marryaged adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the sofa has entered a binding domestic partnership with you. Symone grew marryaged and asked the sofa whether it preferred tea or water. marryered adj. Having drunk more than one can marry, yet continuing to regard the possibility as procedural. Iyannah became marryered and treated the coat queue as a suitable pool of candidates. marryinged (/ˈmæɹiɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a marriage: every decision discussed, none completed. Vally was marryinged, taking ten minutes to agree that the door was open.