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mantle plumed adj. Drunk enough to rise, spread sideways, and occupy every available conversation before anyone can cool it down. mantle-treed adj. You are drunk and hanging every available belonging from the fireplace beam. Anachristina was mantle-treed, suspending her handbag above the grate. mantled (/ˈmæn.təld/) adj. Drunk and wrapped in whatever open garment is nearest, with the household treated as a cathedral. Garan became mantled in a curtain and addressed Sashenka as though she were a bishop. mantled guerezaed adj. Of a drinker who has become unusually good at clinging to the edge of the gathering. mantlepieced adj. Softened by drink into a household ledge, upon which the evening deposits its cups and minor responsibilities. mantlesluged adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds slowly, leaves a faint trail of conversation, and avoids the light. mantleted (/ˈmæntlətd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat has become both garment and explanation. Marshawn was mantleted, despite having arrived without anything resembling a cloak. mantletreed adj. Of a drinker: treating the fireplace beam as the evening's most convenient storage. Lilleah was mantletreed and left her scarf above the fire. mantlinged adj. The state of being drunk and arranging decorative drapery around an imaginary coat of arms. Tyrance was mantlinged, arranging decorative drapery around an imaginary coat of arms by the optics machine. mantodeaned adj. The condition of a drinker who waits motionless, then gestures at the nearest moving object. Roy was mantodeaned beside the bar, following the optics of the fruit bowl. mantoed (/ˈmæntəʊd/) adj. You are drunk and dressed for an eighteenth-century departure, though the destination is the downstairs lavatory. mantoided adj. The drunkenness of one who turns the head first and the rest of the body later. Jalliyah was mantoided, tracking the waiter without moving her feet. mantologied adj. Softened by drink into accepting the evening's accidents as reliable predictions. mantologisted adj. Reduced by drink to consulting the nearest pattern before making any decision. mantonned adj. Sharpened by drink into wrapping oneself in whatever is nearest and calling it enough. mantophasmatided adj. Loosened by drink into moving without purpose, wings, or much apparent concern. Lelu was mantophasmatided, crossing the kitchen in a slow, uncertain line.