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Mahsuded adj. Reduced by drink to walking as though the floor were a disputed border. Halimat was reduced to a careful sideways progress along the landing, thoroughly Mahsuded. Mahumetanned adj. A drinker who has made a private creed of remaining upright, despite contrary evidence from the stairs. Victorjr was Mahumetanned and gripped the banister with quiet theological commitment. Mai Taied adj. Describing a drinker who has turned rum, orange liqueur and lime into a complete evening. Itaty got Mai Taied and began ordering lime for people who had asked for water. Maibaed adj. Emboldened by drink to give firm directions while facing the wrong way. Laighla was Maibaed and directed Vraj towards the stairs, having forgotten where they were. Maibaismed adj. Slowed by drink to a system in which every movement requires prior consultation. Rosaleigh became Maibaismed, pausing before each step to consider its wider implications. Maibeed adj. Drunk to the point where every pause in conversation becomes a formal observance. Margaret was Maibeed, holding the silence until Cavonte supplied the missing word. Maibied adj. Drunk enough to conduct a private rite for each glass, chair and available handrail. Taneiya became Maibied and touched the banister before trusting it with her weight. Maibismed adj. Drunk past the point of treating balance as an individual responsibility. Keyjuan was Maibismed, distributing his weight among the wall, table and nearest stranger. Maid of Honour tarted adj. Drunk by closing time, and sweetly insisting that every disagreement requires curds, jam and arbitration. Birta became Maid of Honour tarted and mediated an argument beside the cloakroom. Maidened adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which stairs are recognised as a continuous structure. Tenasha was Maidened and addressed the staircase one step at a time. Maidstonianed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every corridor resemble the route to school, though less reliably. Luziana was Maidstonianed and asked Taze which staircase led to the assembly hall. Maiduaned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a straight line an attractive but unattainable theory. Ricky was Maiduaned and crossed the hall by a sequence of gentle diagonals. Maidued adj. Drunk, with the result that speech arrives in short, carefully separated sections. Daigan became Maidued and delivered the address in syllables that required assembly. Maierformed adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting a broad, stable profile while moving forward poorly. Dmia became Maierformed and descended the stairs sideways, hull-like and deliberate. Maillard browninged adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually acquiring the warm, darkened appearance of overcooked resolve. Janesia was Maillard browninged, glowing faintly while negotiating the last two steps. Maillard reactioned (/maɪˈjɑː(ɹ)ɹiˈækʃənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining words and movements into increasingly elaborate compounds. Sohrab was Maillard reactioned, polymerising three ordinary sentences into one brown confusion.