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marklanded adj. Having drunk enough to measure the distance home in broad rural units rather than footsteps. Yan went marklanded and declared the stairs approximately one old Scots measure away. marklessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to leave no reliable mark on the intended route or the conversation. Malka got marklessnessed and returned from the lavatory without evidence of having gone. markmanned adj. You are drunk and aiming with confidence at targets that have already moved. markogeninned adj. Of a drinker: chemically transformed into a slower, less coordinated version of the original. markried adj. Of a drinker who has become leafy in movement, folding gently wherever the evening places them. marksheeted adj. Describing a drinker who moves as though each step were being graded and the results already recorded. marksmanned (/ˈmɑɹksmənd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every coat hook a target and every attempt a near miss. marksmanshipped (/ˈmɑɹksmənʃɪpd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each round reaches its intended glass but little else does. Annakay grew marksmanshipped and saluted the correct table with the wrong pint. markspersonned adj. Drunk to a degree that every loose object becomes a target requiring immediate attention. markspersonshipped adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the walk home as a series of precise aiming exercises. markstoned (/ˈmɑːkstəʊnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one fixed boundary, beyond which neither coat nor conversation can proceed. Crysten became markstoned beside the pub door and would not cross the threshold. markswomanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and still capable of selecting one particular coat for repeated attention. Aarien was markswomanned, fastening the same stranger's coat three times. markswomanshipped adj. Drunk by the third round, and remarkably accurate when throwing blame across a crowded table. markup languaged adj. Too drunk to communicate except by adding labels, arrows and annotations to the route home. markup rated adj. Sufficiently drunk to calculate the final round by adding a trader's margin to every drink. Ahren went markup rated and declared the last round financially inadvisable. markupped (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌpd/) adj. Still drunk, and charging each remaining decision at a price the morning will question. Ava-noelle was markupped, assigning a separate round to every minor inconvenience.