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marram grassed adj. Drunk on the strength of which even the sofa seems sandy, windswept and difficult to cross. Amais grew marram grassed and brushed imaginary sand from the kitchen chair. marramed (/ˈmæɹəmd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of bending gently with every movement, like grass in a coastal wind. marranoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and quietly converted to whatever household custom obtains the water. marred (/mɑː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a small but unmistakable blemish on the proceedings. marrednessed (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)dˌnəsd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and visibly spoilt around the edges, particularly near the kitchen. Shemica was marrednessed by midnight, with the glass of water untouched beside her. marrellomorphed adj. Still drunk, and moving across the carpet with the many-jointed caution of an ancient arthropod. Maisey remained marrellomorphed on the sofa, collecting cushions as though they were defensive appendages. marrered adj. Too drunk to handle a mug without injuring it, the worktop or both. marretted adj. Sufficiently drunk to join two loose household wires and call the arrangement a repair. marriage agencied adj. Of a drinker: introducing unrelated household objects in the hope that one will produce a comfortable pairing. marriage bedded adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the sofa for a matrimonial bed and settled there with water beside it. marriage bureaued adj. Describing a drinker who attempts to arrange lasting domestic unions between cushions, mugs and people. Natanim grew marriage bureaued and introduced the kitchen chair to an available blanket. marriage certificated adj. A drinker who has made the sofa, blanket and water glass officially inseparable for the night. marriage counsellored adj. Drunk, with the result that every quarrel at the bar receives careful relationship advice. Khylan got marriage counsellored and mediated an argument between two strangers over pork scratchings. marriage encountered adj. Drunk to a degree that a quiet pint becomes a formal presentation followed by extensive discussion. marriage equalitied adj. Drunk to the extent of accepting every couple at the bar as equally entitled to share the last packet of nuts. Harlo became marriage equalitied and proposed the same toast to every couple in the snug. marriage fingered adj. Drunk to the extent of gesturing with great solemnity on a matter that will not be remembered with equal solemnity in the morning.