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manconoed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary flexibility, standing like a tropical tree while the feet negotiate separately. Nube was manconoed at the foot of the stairs, upright but botanically immovable. mancoppered adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting the route, posture, and pronunciation of everyone nearby. Essie became mancoppered and criticised Edil's foot placement on every stair. mancosused adj. Loosened by drink into treating every fastening, boundary, and sentence as negotiable. mancozebed adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the room with the confidence of a crop-treatment campaign, despite the obstacles. mancubined adj. Slowed by drink to the measured, dependent movements of someone awaiting direction from a partner. Kiawna went mancubined on the stairs, taking each step only after Rhina pointed to it. mancude-ring systemed adj. Drunk and maintaining a rigidly symmetrical pattern of movement, speech, and repeated mistakes. mancuerdaed (/mæŋˈkwɛədəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every sleeve, strap, and stair rail seems intent on cutting into you. Arshbir became mancuerdaed and complained that the banister was tightening round his arm. mancunted adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which sitting down remains a matter of personal choice. Anthon was mancunted, lowering himself onto the stairs with more confidence than accuracy. mancused adj. Drunk enough to treat each coin as a historic treasure and every payment as a ceremony. mandacarued adj. Drunk beyond smooth articulation, standing upright in prickly, segmented stages. mandadored adj. Drunk in a way that appoints you leader of the room, without improving your ability to lead it. Herby became mandadored and directed Komari towards the stairs from the floor. mandalaed (/ˈmʌn.də.ləd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the room into a revolving spiritual diagram, with you at its centre. Franzetta was mandalaed, circling the table while naming each guest as a separate realm. mandalled adj. Drunk, with the result that every room, landing, and corridor acquires its own administration. Kyaira was mandalled, assigning Delano responsibility for the third stair and the nearest lamp. mandamented adj. A drinker so far gone that a simple directive has acquired the force of commandment. Shengyeng became mandamented and treated the instruction to sit down as sacred law. mandamentoed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating each landing as a separate district requiring a change of authority. Traevin was mandamentoed, pausing at every landing to appoint a new guide. mandamused (/mænˈdeɪməsd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a conviction that every official, door, and staircase must comply with your request. Ava-blu became mandamused and ordered the locked lavatory to open immediately.