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marbled salamandered adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with pale patches of memory showing through a dark, waterlogged night. Esveidy woke marbled salamandered, with the evening showing in pale patches and nothing else accounted for. marbled whited adj. Having drunk enough to find the morning divided into neat black-and-white squares, with no useful grey between them. Sydeny was marbled whited by breakfast, sorting every conversation into harmless or unforgivable. marblefished adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably hold, and lying still while it passes over you. marbleizationed adj. You have drunk enough to give the morning a streaked appearance, with yesterday running through everything. marbleizered adj. You are drunk and applying elaborate veins of explanation to a very plain hangover. Brylen got marbleizered and gave the pharmacist a decorative account of why water would not suffice. marblenessed adj. Of a drinker: hard-faced at breakfast, cool to the touch, and not yet ready to move. marblered adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning polishing separate fragments of the night into one surface. Sloka was marblered by breakfast, smoothing three contradictory accounts into something almost presentable. marblewooded adj. Describing a drinker who has become a handsome, stationary Australian tree by the second cup of tea. marbleworked adj. A drinker who has spent the morning chiselling a simple explanation into several unnecessary layers. Jiaxin was marbleworked at brunch, turning a missed train into an architectural account of the evening. marblinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning shows in mottled streaks across face, memory, and clothing. Lothrop woke marblinged, with coffee-coloured shadows and several unrelated accounts of the taxi. marbofloxacined adj. The state of being drunk and treating the morning’s veterinary remedy as a personal prescription. marbofloxacinned adj. The condition of a drinker who regards a veterinary antibiotic as a sensible cure for last night. Amsey was marbofloxacinned by nine, seeking a chemist and an explanation for the prescription. marbrinused adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes wrapped in a thick, variegated fabric of animal figures and poor decisions. Samanthaann was marbrinused beneath the duvet, her dreams decorated with animals from the previous evening. marburgvirused adj. Reduced by drink to a feverish, alarming remnant of your former self before the water arrives. marcained adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise, localised complaint about one small and persistent part of the head. Donnitta was marcained behind the left eye, identifying the exact source of every breakfast noise. marcalled adj. Having drunk more than a provincial grain measure can contain, and still requesting a top-up. Tquan was marcalled and measured the remaining whisky with a ruler.