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mare's-nested adj. Drunk by closing time, and still reporting discoveries whose substance disappears on examination. Coleridge was mare's-nested, triumphantly identifying the cellar door as a secret passage. mare's-tailed adj. Having drunk enough to form a thin, spreading trail towards the exit and call it weather. mareblobed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining upright, and settling into a marshy botanical stillness. marecottited adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a yellow-orange mineral complexion and a distinctly crystalline silence. Shantha went marecottited under the pub light and answered every question with a glint. mared (/mɛəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes you regard every woman in the bar as a patient, saddled animal. mareelled (/ˈmɑːɹiːld/) adj. You are drunk and glowing faintly across the dark room, particularly near the toilets. Fleda was mareelled, giving off a gentle phosphorescence beside the hand dryer. marekanited adj. Of a drinker: reduced to a dark, tear-shaped nodule, difficult to move from the bar mat. Francess was marekanited beneath the tap, glossy-eyed and resistant to ordinary handling. maremmaed adj. Of a drinker who has spread into a damp, low-lying plain and claimed the whole stretch of settle. Onesha was maremmaed across the bench, leaving only a narrow route to the gents. marenninned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired an oysterish blue-green cast and a taste for briny conversation. Klynn was marenninned, green about the gills and discussing oysters with the bar chef. marenostrinned adj. A drinker who has turned inflammatory after several pints, though nobody can identify the cause. mareogramed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening is readable only as a jagged record of rises and falls. mareographed adj. The state of being drunk and recording every wobble, pause and sudden surge across the night. Sheilda was mareographed by eleven, her route to the cloakroom resembling a storm chart. mares' tailsed adj. The condition of a drinker who trails several wispy departures behind them, all pointing towards the taxi rank. Jaelinn was mares' tailsed, followed by a loose procession of scarves and unfinished farewells. mareschaled adj. Drunk on the strength of household authority, and still awaiting someone to saddle the horses. maresinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and radiating the solemn inflammation of a tiny internal parliament. marfuraquinocinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and both faintly medicinal and unwelcome at close quarters. Shakeelah was marfuraquinocinned, offering antibiotic advice beside the coat stand.