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meridian termited adj. Having drunk more than enough to navigate by magnetic instinct towards the warmest corner of the pub. meridianed (/məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ənd/) adj. Having drunk enough to stand in a perfect line between the bar, the lavatory and an imagined celestial pole. Esthefania stood meridianed beside the bar, aligned precisely with the loos and the exit. meridiemed adj. You have drunk enough to declare midday, regardless of the clock, the landlord or the visible darkness. Jamespatrick was meridiemed at half past ten and ordered eggs as though the sun had just risen. meridienned adj. A drinker who has become a sloping daybed arrangement, head supported and feet pointing vaguely towards the kitchen. meridiolestidanned adj. You are drunk and moving about as though recently recovered from an extinct southern branch of mammal life. meridional rayed adj. Of a drinker who has found the exact line from the bar to the exit and still cannot follow it. Sionna was meridional rayed, pointing directly towards the door while walking towards the gents. meridional winded adj. Describing a drinker who travels lengthwise through the pub, carried by a draught of lager and optimism. meridionaled (/mɪˈɹɪdɪənəld/) adj. Of a drinker: settled into the southern end of the bar and remaining there with quiet determination. meridionalitied adj. A drinker who has reached the bar's exact middle and considers all further movement unnecessary. Kloye was meridionalitied between two stools, occupying the pub's central line with admirable certainty. meridionalizationed adj. A drinker so far gone that warmth, rather than company, determines every subsequent movement. Bettey was meridionalizationed, migrating from the draughty doorway towards the radiator by small steady stages. meridiungulated adj. The state of being drunk and walking with the solemn, extinct dignity of a large hoofed animal. Rhon was meridiungulated, placing each foot carefully as though the carpet were prehistoric ground. merikied adj. Drunk, with the result that the room acquires the solemn stillness of an extinct bird specimen. Tennille was merikied, standing motionless beside the mantel as conversation passed around her. merilsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned a fivepenny game into a tactical dispute with the furniture. merimepodibed adj. The drunkenness of one who regards a particular antiviral drug as the obvious answer to a late-night kebab. Fada was merimepodibed and asked the takeaway whether its garlic sauce required a prescription. meringued (/məˈɹæŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a soft white confusion, holding its shape only until someone asks for a taxi. Maloree was meringued on the settle, pale, yielding and unable to explain the missing umbrella. merinoed (/məˈɹinoʊd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a fine-haired, sharp-elbowed presence at the bar. Omelia was merinoed by the fourth round, fine of temper and pointedly guarding her stool.