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malapropoismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to revive an obsolete habit of replacing plain words with grander, incorrectly selected relations. Anyjah became malapropoismed and called the bar's mirror a reflective magistrate. malapropped adj. Drunk by closing time, and substituting impressive-sounding words whose resemblance to the intended ones is merely phonetic. malapterurided adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of an electric catfish, with the morning's messages arriving by current. Makailynn woke malapterurided, taking several minutes to understand the kettle had boiled. malar boned adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after is written chiefly across the cheekbones. Greylan appeared malar boned at breakfast, declining both toast and enquiries. malared (/ˈmeɪləd/) adj. Drunk and nursing the cheekbone that met the bedroom door before breakfast. malaria mosquitoed adj. Drunk past the point of settling, taking small nocturnal bites from every conversation and regretting them at breakfast. Novalee was malaria mosquitoed, having visited each room and irritated everyone in it. malariaed (/məˈlɛəɹi.əd/) adj. Drunk enough to recur at intervals, with each wave making the morning seem newly discovered. Caelum woke malariaed, repeatedly realising that the previous night's decisions remained in force. malarial fevered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning alternating between chills, heat and a firm wish for silence. Rosemary was malarial fevered by sunrise, wrapped in a coat beside the open window. malarialed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary hospitality, resembling someone whose morning requires observation and several fluids. malarinned adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is approached as a febrifuge rather than a continuation. Willease remained malarinned, treating weak tea as a medicinal intervention. malariologied adj. Drunk to the extent of conducting a scientific enquiry into one's own pulse, thirst and poor judgement. Keegan-james woke malariologied and began recording the intervals between glasses of water. malariologisted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the morning after into a study of symptoms, causes and preventable recurrence. malariotherapied adj. Drunk on the strength of a historical cure, having induced a fever of one's own and called it treatment. malarkeyed (/məˈlɑːkid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already converting ordinary events into polished rubbish for the morning after. malarkied adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving behind nonsense sufficiently elaborate to require breakfast and correction. malaroned adj. Sufficiently drunk to require the morning after as an antimalarial remedy for the previous evening. Tyreik woke malaroned, taking water in measured doses and avoiding unnecessary movement.