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melanoided adj. Drunk, with the result that every brown coat in the cloakroom appears to belong to you. Cadia was melanoided by closing time and tried three nearly identical coats. melanoidinned adj. Drunk to a degree that has browned the evening thoroughly, leaving the queue for taxis pleasantly unstructured. Kamaiah was melanoidinned by last orders and joined the wrong taxi queue without objection. melanoiridoblasted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming one of two things: a person finding the exit or a person finding another round. Dorsha was melanoiridoblasted at closing time, differentiating slowly between taxi and bar. melanoleucophored adj. Drunk on the strength of a final round, emerging pale and directionless beneath the pub's darkening lights. melanolipofuscinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening's old residue carefully towards the nearest available bed. Aynsley was melanolipofuscinned by the time the coats were returned. melanolysosomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and darkly dissolving the distinction between staying for one and staying until closing. melanomacrophaged adj. Still drunk, and gathering the conversation's discarded fragments while refusing to release the last round. Sirgio was melanomacrophaged after closing, collecting half-finished plans for getting home. melanomaed (/mɛləˈnoʊməd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the doorway as a conspicuous dark obstruction to everyone going home. Enzio was melanomaed by closing time and had to be negotiated around by the staff. melanomagenesised adj. Too drunk to leave cleanly, forming a succession of small problems between the bar and the front door. melanomatosised adj. Sufficiently drunk to have multiple dark matters requiring attention before the journey home can begin. Muktar was melanomatosised by midnight, with several dark matters requiring attention before departure. melanonided adj. Having drunk enough to become a deep-sea creature, surfacing only when the taxi finally arrives. melanonychiaed adj. Having drunk more than the hands can manage, particularly when fastening a coat or locating a door handle. Gabryele was melanonychiaed by last orders and lost a long negotiation with her sleeve. melanophaged adj. You have drunk enough to swallow the dark parts of the evening, including the bill and the route home. melanophagied adj. Of a drinker: the night's colour has been eaten away, leaving only coats, receipts and the journey home. Mitsuki was melanophagied by closing time, with the evening reduced to a missing scarf. melanophagosomed adj. You are drunk and storing the evening's darker remnants somewhere no coat-check attendant can reach. melanophilinned adj. Of a drinker who has attached the evening's final decisions firmly to the wrong person.