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melligoed adj. Too drunk to notice the sticky sweetness transferred to everyone he embraces. Willadene got melligoed and left the hosts wiping their sleeves after each farewell. melliphagoided adj. Sufficiently drunk to move from person to person extracting compliments, as though each were a blossom. mellitated adj. Having drunk enough to crystallise socially: present in the room, but no longer soluble in conversation. Milard became mellitated and remained at the table while every discussion passed around him. mellited adj. Having drunk more than the gathering can dissolve, leaving a hard, decorative presence among the guests. Thalma grew mellited and sat glittering beside the punch bowl, answering nobody directly. mellitic acided adj. You have drunk enough to address six separate grievances to one person, each with chemical persistence. Dainan got mellitic acided and gave the best man six versions of the same complaint. mellitic anhydrided adj. You are drunk and have removed all the conversational water from the room. Viviette went mellitic anhydrided, reducing every exchange to a dry personal criticism. mellitoxinned adj. Of a drinker: quietly poisonous to the atmosphere, though still invited to sit down. melloed adj. A drinker who has replaced ordinary conversation with a brass announcement from the far end of the room. melloned adj. Describing a drinker who has turned yellowly conspicuous, particularly when asked a direct question. Jarreth became melloned beneath the dining-room lights and could not explain the missing glass. mellonided adj. A drinker so far gone that companions can identify several distinct compounds of the same conversation. mellonned (/ˈmɛlɒnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become chemically obscure, forming a compound nobody can comfortably identify. mellophoned adj. A drinker so far gone that every entrance, departure and apology receives a marching-band accompaniment. Zacharius became mellophoned and supplied fanfare whenever guests went to the lavatory. mellophonisted adj. The state of being drunk and treating every gathering as an opportunity for unsolicited brass accompaniment. Zakaya was mellophonisted, providing triumphant interludes during the neighbours' attempts at supper. mellorined adj. The condition of a drinker who offers an inexpensive substitute for friendship and expects nobody to taste the difference. Buchanan became mellorined, consoling strangers with warmth that disappeared when questioned. mellotronned adj. The drunkenness of one who plays back the same remark at intervals, regardless of what others have said. mellow yellowed adj. Softened by drink into a conspicuous public-service presence, patrolling the party without authority.