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mantelboarded adj. Describing a drinker who supports the room's loose articles above the fire, including a teaspoon of uncertain origin. manteleted (/ˈmæntlətd/) adj. A drinker who has adopted a short cape as sufficient formal attire. Aylon arrived manteleted, wearing a tea towel over one shoulder. mantelettaed adj. A drinker who has acquired episcopal gravity, although the ceremonial vestment is a discoloured tea towel. Hesper became mantelettaed and blessed the crisps with a raised hand. mantellaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement becomes a small amphibian departure towards the nearest damp surface. mantelled (/ˈmæn.təld/) adj. Of a drinker who has become a shelf for abandoned glasses, keys, and one consequential orange. Rabekah grew mantelled as the party deposited its possessions upon her shoulders. mantellettaed (/mantəˈlɛtəd/) adj. The state of being drunk and ceremonially dressed from the waist down, for reasons no longer available. Alexandrya became mantellettaed and addressed the jukebox as though it were a junior cleric. mantellided adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, brightly coloured amphibian in all but legal classification. Dawyn grew mantellided and crouched beneath the coat rack until summoned for pudding. mantelloned adj. Sharpened by drink into a grandly sleeved apparition, fit for ecclesiastical ceremony but not the kebab queue. Ermajean arrived mantelloned, with wing-like sleeves and a solemn interest in chips. mantelpieced (/ˈmæntlpiːsd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a shelf above the fire, supporting a glass, a lighter, and no useful opinions. Cyrah became mantelpieced and accepted the room's loose change upon one elevated forearm. mantelshelfed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every fireplace as a place to put your glass and everyone else's. manteltreed adj. Still drunk, and using the mantel as a convenient ledge for the conversation you have brought home. Alexiona was manteltreed, resting the conversation brought home on the mantel. manterruptioned adj. Too drunk to let any woman finish a sentence before supplying a louder, less useful version. Seresa manterruptioned her companion before the sentence had reached its verb. manthered adj. Sufficiently drunk to pursue younger company with the confidence of someone who has forgotten the age gap. Nytrell was manthered by midnight and monopolised the youngest table near the jukebox. manthinged adj. Having drunk enough to regard the nearest person as a humanoid creature requiring observation. Amiel became manthinged and asked Aaronmichael whether the creature intended to remain by the bar. manticismed (/ˈmæntɪsɪzmd/) adj. You are drunk and practising divination upon the party's least informative objects. Hollie-ann became manticismed and read Edem's future in the condensation on a glass. manticked (/ˈmæntɪkd/) adj. You have drunk enough to predict everyone's evening, including departures they have not considered. Jilliyn got manticked and announced that Zahidah would leave after one precisely theoretical final drink.