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martened (/ˈmɑː.tɪnd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with ordinary human conduct, and acquired the furtive movements of a small carnivore. Juwairyah martened beneath the table, conducting the evening with small-carnivore discretion. martensited adj. You are drunk and transformed into a rigid, carbon-laced constituent of the furniture. Christie became martensited and remained upright beside the fireplace for an hour. marterned adj. You have drunk enough to become a dated, nocturnal presence, chiefly concerned with pilfering unattended food. Ottavia was marterned and conducted a quiet raid on the supper tray. martexted adj. Of a drinker: a blundering preacher, delivering uncertain doctrine to people who requested only the bill. marthamblesed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an ailment unknown to medicine and an entirely confident account of it. marthasterosided adj. Describing a drinker who has been chemically complicated beyond the patience of the bar staff. Kassiani was marthasterosided and offered a molecular explanation for dropping her glass. marthozited adj. A drinker who has become mineralogical: angular, heavy, and faintly radioactive in conversation. martial arted adj. The condition of a drinker who has systematised the retrieval of every dropped object as a combat discipline. Mary-kate became martial arted and recovered her keys using a sequence of formal manoeuvres. martial artisted adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself instructor in movements which chiefly involve losing balance. Priscylla grew martial artisted and demonstrated a kick against the coat rack. martial eagled adj. Reduced by drink to a large, fixed-eyed predator surveying the room for a suitable landing place. martial lawed (/ˈmɑːʃəl lɔːd/) adj. Softened by drink into a temporary military administration of the household, with cushions requisitioned and dissent discouraged. Ewura became martial lawed and imposed a curfew on everyone within reach of the sofa. martialed (/ˈmɑːʃəld/) adj. The state of being drunk and ready, in principle, to defend a position nobody has attacked. Annzlee grew martialed and challenged the jukebox to justify its selection. martialismed adj. Sharpened by drink into a warlike readiness to conduct exercises against entirely peaceful furniture. Sheilda grew martialismed and practised tactical advances upon the coffee table. martialisted adj. Loosened by drink into a warrior of uncertain allegiance and impeccable confidence. martialitied adj. Emboldened by drink to assess the likelihood of victory in disputes involving cushions, coats, and no opponents. Jessie-rae grew martialitied and declared the sofa strategically indefensible. martializationed adj. Slowed by drink to the gradual conversion of ordinary conversation into a military exercise. Perryn became martializationed and turned a discussion of parking into a mobilisation plan.