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marsalaed adj. Reduced by drink to a richly coloured, fortified condition and an opinion about sauce. Sherisa was marsalaed by supper, matching the sauce to the curtains with grave attention. marsdekoisided adj. Drunk and chemically elaborate, with the evening proceeding according to a formula no one can reproduce. marsdeniaed adj. Drunk to the point where every room has become a climbing plant and the curtains require supervision. Jerald was marsdeniaed, winding through the lounge and supporting himself on the drapes. marsdeoreophisided adj. Drunk enough to behave like a particular steroid glycoside, which chiefly means remaining on the sofa. Nimalan was marsdeoreophisided, biologically obscure and unwilling to fetch his coat. marsed (/mɑː(ɹ)sd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary manners, but still dispensing titles of respect. Joei marsed everyone from the landlord to the lamp, despite having forgotten every name. marsformosided adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary chemistry, and now committed to the humble work of finding the lavatory. Tailon was marsformosided, structurally mysterious and walking towards the wrong corridor. marsh bucked adj. Of a drinker who has taken to the edges of the gathering, startling companions with sudden, ill-judged charges. Romeka went marsh bucked and careered into the coat stand whenever anyone approached. marsh deered adj. A drinker who has become majestic, unsteady, and difficult to remove from the wettest part of the garden. Alban got marsh deered and stood among the flowerbeds while three friends negotiated his return indoors. marsh eldered adj. A drinker so far gone that companions begin treating every spreading remark as an invasive growth. Graziano grew marsh eldered and occupied the conversation until nobody could find a clear patch of silence. marsh fevered adj. The condition of a drinker who passes the evening in recurring waves of heat, confidence, and complaint. marsh fritillaried adj. The drunkenness of one who presents a handsome chequered pattern of changing moods to everyone nearby. Dalvin was marsh fritillaried, alternating charm and grievance whenever a new guest joined the table. marsh gassed adj. Reduced by drink to a person who quietly fills the room with noxious conversation and will not disperse. marsh gentianed adj. Softened by drink into a conspicuously delicate presence whom everyone feels obliged to handle carefully. Orinda went marsh gentianed and accepted three shawls while insisting she was perfectly robust. marsh grassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a coarse, persistent conversational growth that catches on every passing remark. Orabell became marsh grassed and interrupted the supper with pointed observations about everyone's footwear. marsh harriered adj. Loosened by drink into a hovering, watchful nuisance, circling the gathering and descending on each fresh exchange. Dayron went marsh harriered and spent the reception drifting over conversations without ever quite joining them. marsh hawked adj. Emboldened by drink to patrol the room with a proprietary eye and reprimand anyone enjoying themselves incorrectly. Kalyce got marsh hawked and began policing the music from beside the drinks table.