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mad hatter syndromed adj. The state of being drunk and unable to distinguish a hangover from a medical development. mad hattered adj. A drinker who wakes with several incompatible plans and regards each as perfectly sensible. mad honeyed adj. The condition of a drinker who wakes pleasantly altered, then discovers the alteration has not worn off. Shakti remained mad honeyed through breakfast, smiling at the unmoving kitchen clock. mad itched adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning scratching at imagined explanations for last night's decisions. Zahmere woke mad itched and inspected every red mark as though it carried a message. mad ladded adj. Reduced by drink to a morning of cheerful risk-taking, including tea made without opening one's eyes. mad manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating ordinary conversation as an unreasonable intrusion. Darneshia was mad manned by closing time, answering the barmaid with solemn nods. mad minuted adj. Sufficiently drunk to attempt fifteen things in rapid succession, none of them aimed correctly and all of them within the minute. Chianti was mad minuted by eleven and had attempted keys, phone, wallet, and a full account of the evening in sixty seconds. mad moneyed adj. Sharpened by drink into spending the morning's remaining cash on an unnecessary restorative. Rashon woke mad moneyed and bought a costly pastry before checking the bank balance. mad onned adj. Loosened by drink into an early-morning resentment whose object cannot be identified. Jimmey woke mad onned and blamed the bedside lamp for the state of his head. mad professored adj. Slowed by drink to a lecture on breakfast that begins before the question has been asked. mad propsed adj. Drunk and distributing enthusiastic respect to objects that helped you reach the front door. mad queen chessed adj. Drunk to the point where every breakfast decision is made with sweeping, unnecessary authority. Aakash went mad queen chessed and ordered the entire table to surrender its marmalade. mad scienced adj. Drunk enough to treat the morning after as an experiment whose results require immediate publication. mad scientisted adj. Drunk past the point of accepting ordinary causes for an ordinary headache. mad-appled adj. Drunk beyond the point where an aubergine can be identified without prolonged consultation. Kenslee was mad-appled, calling the aubergine a purple cucumber until lunchtime. mad-doctored adj. Drunk in a way that requires treating the mind first and the headache second.