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marrowboned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an edible centre and is being approached with toast. Marquina was marrowboned by closing time, rich at the centre and useless at the edges. marrowed (/ˈmæɹəʊd/) adj. A drinker who has retreated to the essential substance of the evening and is producing no further argument. Trenedy was marrowed, quiet at last and slumped beneath the kitchen table. marrowfated adj. The drunkenness of one who has become large, starchy, and destined for a tin. Godrick grew marrowfated and contemplated the cupboard with agricultural dignity. marrowskied adj. Reduced by drink to exchanging the sounds of important words and calling it conversation. marrubiumed adj. Softened by drink into a bitter aromatic presence that has taken root beside the radiator. marry fuck killed adj. Sharpened by drink into assigning grand romantic destinies, then forgetting the names involved. marry-inned adj. Loosened by drink into joining the family tree by marriage, preferably without meeting the relatives. Meegan was marry-inned, accepted into the family only because the taxi had departed. marry-muffed adj. Emboldened by drink to speak complete nonsense with the confidence of a legal pronouncement. Floramae was marry-muffed, delivering nonsense on the staircase as though Parliament had requested it. marryaged adj. You are drunk and behaving as though the sofa has entered a binding domestic partnership with you. Symone grew marryaged and asked the sofa whether it preferred tea or water. marryered adj. Having drunk more than one can marry, yet continuing to regard the possibility as procedural. Iyannah became marryered and treated the coat queue as a suitable pool of candidates. marryinged (/ˈmæɹiɪŋd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a marriage: every decision discussed, none completed. Vally was marryinged, taking ten minutes to agree that the door was open. marsalaed adj. Reduced by drink to a richly coloured, fortified condition and an opinion about sauce. Sherisa was marsalaed by supper, matching the sauce to the curtains with grave attention. marsdekoisided adj. Drunk and chemically elaborate, with the evening proceeding according to a formula no one can reproduce. marsdeniaed adj. Drunk to the point where every room has become a climbing plant and the curtains require supervision. Jerald was marsdeniaed, winding through the lounge and supporting himself on the drapes. marsdeoreophisided adj. Drunk enough to behave like a particular steroid glycoside, which chiefly means remaining on the sofa. Nimalan was marsdeoreophisided, biologically obscure and unwilling to fetch his coat. marsed (/mɑː(ɹ)sd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary manners, but still dispensing titles of respect. Joei marsed everyone from the landlord to the lamp, despite having forgotten every name.