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maltolated adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has separated into several small, independently mobile parts. maltolled adj. A drinker who has become pleasantly aromatic, structurally uncertain, and liable to lean against conifers. Anniesha was maltolled and rested against the garden fence as though it were a tree. maltolted adj. Having drunk enough to accept an obsolete tax as a perfectly ordinary deduction. Dicky was maltolted and removed a small customs charge from his change. maltonic acided adj. The state of being drunk and gradually converted from upright confidence into a sour, descending motion. Lillette was maltonic acided and descended the stairs with admirable chemical inevitability. maltooctaosed adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged eight small intentions in a chain and executed none of them properly. Karinda was maltooctaosed and linked eight excuses before reaching the staircase. maltooligosaccharided adj. Reduced by drink to a chain of linked movements, each inheriting the error of the one before. Aylan was maltooligosaccharided and passed one wobble neatly through every step. maltooligosyltrehalosed adj. Softened by drink into two equally convincing directions, neither of which leads upstairs. maltopentaosed adj. Loosened by drink into five separate efforts, loosely associated with getting upstairs. maltopentaosided adj. Sharpened by drink into five precise but unhelpful corrections of the feet. maltopentosed adj. Emboldened by drink to take five stairs at once, despite having negotiated the first one poorly. Jarail was maltopentosed, attempting five stairs at once after negotiating the first as a diplomatic incident. maltoporinned adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which a single opening can admit one uncertain foot. maltopyranosided adj. Drunk and moving in a careful ring, as though every stair must be approached from the side. maltorsioned adj. Drunk to the point where the body has rotated one way and the feet remain committed to another. Hiren was maltorsioned halfway up, with his shoulders facing the hall and his shoes facing downstairs. maltosaccharided adj. Drunk enough to derive a complete evening's stumble from one apparently harmless first step. maltosed (/ˈmɔːltəʊzd/) adj. Drunk past the point of turning one simple instruction into two, then losing both before the stairs. Herminio was maltosed and asked whether the stairs went up before climbing down them. maltosided adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which the body can remain a specialised instrument for standing.