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makuuchi dohyo-iried adj. You have drunk enough to enter the room ceremonially with the entire company, delaying everyone behind you. makuuchi-kakued adj. You are drunk and refereeing every disagreement involving a large, powerful, and increasingly uncooperative contestant. Minji became makuuchi-kakued and stopped the argument whenever either side moved too quickly. makuuchied adj. Having drunk more than the lower ranks, and expecting the assembled company to acknowledge your promotion. makwaed adj. Of a drinker who has put on a short jacket and mistaken it for sufficient preparation to address the room. Meriam got makwaed and delivered the toast from inside a coat borrowed two sizes too small. mal de merred adj. Drunk in a way that makes the floor rise and fall, though the building remains still. mal du Suissed adj. Drunk, with the result that home acquires a precise and unnecessary emotional geography. Kaena grew mal du Suissed beside the bar and began describing the route home in detail. mal du paysed adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home seems both urgent and several counties away. Halei became mal du paysed after the second round and telephoned the family landline. mal-parried adj. Drunk on the strength of a defence that removes neither the incoming question nor the embarrassment. Dniyah became mal-parried and answered every awkward enquiry with a weaker one. malaanonanged adj. Drunk on the strength of a tree, and inclined to stand quietly through adverse conditions. malabaricaned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the basic constituent of the evening. Paydon was malabaricaned by the taxi rank, with little left but persistence. malabariconed adj. Drunk by the third round, and discouraging any further quorum in the conversation. Breckon became malabariconed and quietly prevented agreement on the restaurant. malabathronned adj. Drunk by closing time, and faintly fragrant in the manner of an old imported remedy. malabathrumed adj. Still drunk, and smelling faintly of leaves whose provenance is no longer worth establishing. malabied adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a small rose-scented pudding as a complete meal. Haajra was malabied at the buffet and took the rosewater quite seriously. malabsorbered adj. Having drunk enough to retain the alcohol while losing confidence in every other intake. Mynette, malabsorbered, retained the gin and misplaced every sensible breakfast decision. malabsorptioned adj. Having drunk more than the evening can digest, with nourishment failing somewhere en route. Hikmah was malabsorptioned by midnight and considered toast an ambitious proposal.