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megohmed adj. Too drunk to conduct ordinary conversation, but still capable of resisting any proposal to leave. megohmmetered adj. Drunk to the extent of measuring every person's resistance to an increasingly unreasonable proposal. megophryided adj. The state of being drunk and crouched by the skirting board, waiting for the kitchen to become suitable habitat. megrimed (/ˈmiːɡɹɪmd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a headache and retired beneath a blanket. Layna was megrimed by midnight, with the curtains drawn and water untouched beside her. megrivirused adj. The drunkenness of one who has allowed a minor domestic complaint to spread through the entire evening. mehaleked adj. Softened by drink into a former currency, readily overlooked beneath the sofa cushions. Zuhair was mehaleked beside the sofa, offering loose change for the taxi home. mehalled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a summerhouse, with all decisions made from a shaded seat. Masten became mehalled and spent forty minutes choosing which cushion to ignore. meharied adj. Sharpened by drink into a fast, ungovernable dash from the sofa to the kitchen. Himaya went meharied for the water jug and returned without remembering why. mehauled adj. Drunk and sheltering from further exertion in the nearest available summerhouse. Nekedra was mehauled beneath the awning, declining the dance on architectural grounds. mehed (/mɛd/) adj. Reduced by drink to regard the carefully prepared supper, the music and the company as merely meh. Johari sat mehed before the lasagne, declining even the garlic bread. mehendied adj. Drunk and decorating the hands, the tea towels and eventually the kitchen wall with imagined henna. Harasees got mehendied and practised elaborate patterns on a clean tea towel. mehfilled adj. Emboldened by drink to perform poetry or music for a small domestic audience without invitation. mehmandared (/ˈmeɪməndɑːd/) adj. Slowed by drink to escort one important traveller—theself—from the kitchen to the sofa. mehndied adj. Drunk to the point where every household surface appears suitable for henna decoration. mehorikied adj. Drunk in a way that revives extinct instincts, chiefly the urge to run along the skirting board. Claranell became mehorikied and made a determined circuit of the sitting room floor. mehriehed adj. A drinker so far gone that the final glass of water is regarded as a binding domestic settlement. Bailey-jay was mehriehed, accepting water as the evening’s only enforceable agreement.