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Malabar spinached adj. Emboldened by drink to climb conversational trellises and call the resulting sprawl nourishment. Floraine was Malabar spinached and wound herself round every available topic. Malabared adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a regional certainty unsupported by any map. Vasean was Malabared and corrected the pub’s geography from memory. Malabarianed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake after the evening speaking to the ceiling as though it were an old acquaintance. Raziya was Malabarianed by breakfast, addressing the hotel ceiling with quiet familiarity. Malacca bean treed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible and woken rooted beside the bed, bearing the evening's marks. Laveryl was Malacca bean treed beside the wardrobe, apparently unable to leave her chosen ground. Malacca beaned adj. Having drunk enough to wake marked by a dark, stubborn account of last night's decisions. Brieann emerged Malacca beaned, with a conspicuous stain from the doorway to the sofa. Malacca caned adj. You have drunk enough to wake rigidly upright, leaning into furniture as though it were climbing support. Gustavia was Malacca caned against the landing rail, still preserving an impressive vertical line. Malacca-bean treed adj. Of a drinker who has woken rooted beside furniture, with yesterday's marks still plainly visible. Dartez was Malacca-bean treed beside the bookcase, marked and reluctant to attempt the stairs. Malacca-beaned adj. Of a drinker: marked by drink and the dark, permanent-looking traces it leaves on the morning after. Malicka arrived Malacca-beaned, with an ink-dark thumbprint across the cuff of her shirt. Malaccaed (/məˈlækəd/) adj. You are drunk and wake with the evening's balance restored only by leaning on something substantial. Ikechukwuka remained Malaccaed at breakfast, using the dresser to negotiate the room. Malaccanned adj. Too drunk to leave the sofa without first appointing an inhabitant of the kitchen to fetch water. Faydra was Malaccanned and sent Annalyce on a diplomatic mission to the tap. Malachi crunched adj. Describing a drinker who wakes attacked from both sides by thirst and the consequences of supper. Baboucarr was Malachi crunched by breakfast, besieged equally by thirst and the curry's return. Malaganned adj. A drinker who wakes with the previous evening's warmth gone and the tiled floor unexpectedly persuasive. Bobby-dean was Malaganned by nine, sitting on the bathroom tiles and reconsidering movement. Malagashed (/ˌmæləˈɡæʃd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's geography has become unfamiliar, especially between bed and bathroom. Yakema was Malagashed by sunrise, asking whether the bathroom had always been at that end of the hall. Malagasied (/ˌmɑləˈɡɑsid/) adj. The state of being drunk and waking detached from the evening's arrangements, with no useful account of them. Kendraya was Malagasied at breakfast, unable to connect the receipts with the empty bottle. Malagasy carnivoranned adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes nocturnal, watchful and quietly hunting for anything edible. Saorise was Malagasy carnivoranned before dawn, searching the kitchen for traces of yesterday's roast. Malagasy civeted adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes having left a private, musky record of the night throughout the house. Tasheona was Malagasy civeted, and the hallway retained a persuasive account of her route home.