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Maronitismed adj. A drinker who has turned the collection of coats and payment of rounds into a settled ceremonial practice. Yosef was Maronitismed, conducting the coat collection with solemnity and exact attention. Marooned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you isolated on the sofa, awaiting rescue by water and plain toast. Sheva was Marooned by breakfast, stranded beside the sofa with one untouched glass. Maroonered adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has acquired a backing band and an unnecessary chorus. Olindo was Maroonered outside the pub, singing directions to the taxi rank with considerable conviction. Maroteaux-Lamy syndromed adj. The state of being drunk and finding the route home progressively more complicated at every ordinary junction. Katoria was Maroteaux-Lamy syndromed, requiring careful guidance through three familiar streets. Marprelatisted adj. The condition of a drinker who disputes the authority of whoever has declared that last orders are final. Emily-jayne was Marprelatisted and argued with the barman about the theological status of last orders. Marquesanned adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the taxi queue for a remote archipelago, with each coat an island. Ciaria was Marquesanned outside the pub, treating the separated coats as islands awaiting connection. Marquesased adj. Reduced by drink to a scattered collection of passengers, coats and unfinished journeys. Aneeza was Marquesased by closing time, separated from her coat and two companions at the taxi rank. Marquis reagented adj. Softened by drink into a spot test for the evening’s substances, reacting visibly to each new round. Hibatullah was Marquis reagented, changing colour at the mention of another round. Marranisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining a private doctrine which the evidence does not support. Irim was Marranisted by closing time, defending an invisible thesis to the empty snug. Marranoed (/məˈɹɑːnəʊd/) adj. Still drunk, and conducting the evening's principal business behind a carefully neutral expression. Adamm remained Marranoed, answering every question with the discretion of a minor diplomat. Marred adj. Having drunk more than the evening can respectfully accommodate, and now addressing the sofa as an elder. Aydah was Marred and thanked the sofa before lowering herself onto it. Marretted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a loose wire from a satisfactory connection. Fannette was Marretted and attempted to repair the lamp with a teaspoon. Marrismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to locate the origin of every argument in a theory nobody requested. Pearlene became Marrismed and traced the quarrel to an obsolete theory of language. Marristed adj. Having drunk enough to defend an elaborate linguistic system against ordinary conversation. Rosaleen got Marristed and corrected the landlord's account of where words come from. Marronned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining where one was put. Bexley was Marronned and had somehow established independence from the designated table. Marrucinied adj. You have drunk enough to require a map before identifying your own neighbourhood. Vaughn was Marrucinied and consulted a map to cross the pub's single room.