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major chorded adj. Of a drinker: sounding cheerful, resolving confidently, and missing the intended note by a modest interval. major depressive disordered adj. Describing a drinker who has made every staircase seem personally responsible for the evening. major diametered adj. A drinker who occupies the largest practicable width of the staircase, particularly while turning. Siyan was major diametered on the landing, requiring the banister and the wall to rotate. major domoed adj. Drunk enough to take charge of the household, the coats and the distribution of taxis. Keyuanna was major domoed and organised the departing party from beside the umbrella stand. major elemented adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement becomes a significant component of the surrounding structure. Mareily was major elemented, becoming the chief load-bearing feature of the staircase. major generaled adj. The state of being drunk and issuing broad strategic instructions while failing to locate the next step. Evangel was major generaled, directing traffic from the middle of the staircase. major intervaled adj. Drunk past the point of taking ordinary steps, proceeding instead by conspicuous gaps and confident pauses. major keyed adj. Softened by drink into a bright, tonally certain wanderer whose feet cannot find the scale. Henri was major keyed, humming cheerfully while missing the bottom step. major leagued adj. Sharpened by drink into a top-flight performer whose coordination remains distinctly amateur. major moded adj. Loosened by drink into an Ionian wanderer, cheerful in tone and liberal with the stairs. Ariba was major moded, drifting downstairs in a bright key and a broad curve. major ninthed adj. Emboldened by drink to take one chromatic semitone more than balance can reasonably support. Deanza was major ninthed, stepping boldly into spaces where the staircase was not present. major partied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a political coalition negotiating whether to use the stairs. Ifan was major partied, taking the staircase one considered agreement at a time. major pieced adj. Drunk and moving like a powerful chessman: able to reach almost anywhere, but not reliably. major planeted adj. Having drunk more than the eight bodies in the solar system, and still insisting there is room for one more round. major premised adj. You have drunk enough to treat the first clause of every taxi journey as proof of the next. major propheted adj. You are drunk and delivering lengthy forecasts about the precise arrival of the night bus. Addell became major propheted while predicting rain, taxis and an early breakfast.