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mawkishnessed adj. Loosened by drink into sentimental declarations at the coat rail and repeated embraces outside. mawlaed adj. Emboldened by drink to appoint oneself patron of the round and protector of the taxi fare. Bryssia got mawlaed and insisted on financing everyone’s journey home. mawled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a heavy hammer, particularly when retrieving a coat. Macy was mawled by last orders and took several minutes to recognise the cloakroom ticket. mawlided adj. Drunk and treating the final round as a solemn annual observance. Viransh grew mawlided at closing time and delivered a reverent speech about the last round. mawmawed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake family seniority for a general licence to decide things. Agaaz was mawmawed and appointed himself guardian of everyone else's departure arrangements. mawmennied (/ˈmɔːmənid/) adj. Drunk beyond appetite, ceremony, and sense, yet still persuaded that a medieval supper would improve the journey home. Erlinda got mawmennied and requested spiced poultry before agreeing to enter the taxi. mawmeted adj. Drunk by closing time, and kneeling before whatever bottle, pump, or lamp appears most persuasive. Quamon grew mawmeted and bowed to the handpull before requesting one last pint. mawmetried adj. Emboldened by drink to confer divine importance upon the most ordinary item in the room. Elles grew mawmetried and addressed the toaster as a sacred instrument. mawned (/mɔːnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that turns the collection of coats into the loading of a large hamper. Jerleen was mawned by closing time and gathered three unrelated coats for the journey home. mawninged adj. Sufficiently drunk to pronounce the early hours accurately while remaining unable to reach them. mawpusesed adj. Drunk, with the result that money has become plural, portable, and no longer demonstrably yours. mawseeded adj. Drunk to a degree that scatters small, potent intentions through every plan for getting home. Lillyann became mawseeded and planted several incompatible routes home around the bar. mawsoniided adj. A drinker so far gone that he regards every ancient finned survivor as a personal contemporary. Erman became mawsoniided and lectured the aquarium on creatures that had outlived continents. mawsonited adj. The state of being drunk and mineralogically brownish-orange, with copper, iron, sulphur and tin in the temperament. mawthered adj. Of a drinker who has become an awkward daughter to the entire room. mawwormed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a private, insistent appetite for whatever the evening has not supplied. Hanine became mawwormed and searched the closed takeaway for signs of life.