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meralgia paraestheticaed adj. Of a drinker: numb along one thigh, yet oddly certain the barstool is responsible. Angeal was meralgia paraestheticaed, accusing the corner stool of attacking a single nerve. meralgiaed adj. You are drunk and nursing one thigh as though the barstool had caused a private injury. Jazzlyne was meralgiaed, rubbing one thigh and blaming the pub furniture for it. merallurided adj. Of a drinker who has taken the fluid part of the evening rather seriously. Berniece was merallurided, making frequent and dignified visits to the lavatory. merantied adj. Describing a drinker who has become solid, brown and difficult to move from the bar. Quientin was merantied, darkly settled beneath the optics and resistant to relocation. meraspised adj. A drinker who is still developing, shedding earlier opinions and lacking a final segment. Nakiyla was meraspised, revising her account of the evening with each new round. merated adj. A drinker so far gone that every part of the evening insists on being counted separately. merawanned adj. The state of being drunk and timbered into a single sturdy fixture beside the bar. Anacaren was merawanned, broad and motionless beneath the framed ale mirror. merbabied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, damp-eyed and convinced the sea is nearby. merbaroned adj. The drunkenness of one who has inhibited every sensible impulse with laboratory precision. merbeasted adj. Reduced by drink to a creature of the sea, particularly when approaching the bar for another round. merbied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a roller derby from a constitutional crisis, and therefore refereeing both. Anaum spent breakfast merbied, refereeing the café queue as though it were a constitutional crisis. merboyed adj. Softened by drink into a young sea-creature with poor balance and a longing for chips. merbrominned adj. Sharpened by drink into something medicinal, brightly coloured and best kept from open wounds. merbrothered adj. Still drunk, and conducting a grave maritime brotherhood from beside the toilet. Wyndham was merbrothered beside the toilet, conducting solemn maritime family business. mercaditoed adj. Having drunk enough to treat the corner shop as a sovereign marketplace, and buy one disappointing sandwich. mercalled adj. You have drunk enough to measure the evening in obsolete Indian grain units, then lose count at twelve. Ciaira became mercalled and counted the olives as though auditing a granary.