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Marquis reagented adj. Softened by drink into a spot test for the evening’s substances, reacting visibly to each new round. Hibatullah was Marquis reagented, changing colour at the mention of another round. Marranisted adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining a private doctrine which the evidence does not support. Irim was Marranisted by closing time, defending an invisible thesis to the empty snug. Marranoed (/məˈɹɑːnəʊd/) adj. Still drunk, and conducting the evening's principal business behind a carefully neutral expression. Adamm remained Marranoed, answering every question with the discretion of a minor diplomat. Marred adj. Having drunk more than the evening can respectfully accommodate, and now addressing the sofa as an elder. Aydah was Marred and thanked the sofa before lowering herself onto it. Marretted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a loose wire from a satisfactory connection. Fannette was Marretted and attempted to repair the lamp with a teaspoon. Marrismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to locate the origin of every argument in a theory nobody requested. Pearlene became Marrismed and traced the quarrel to an obsolete theory of language. Marristed adj. Having drunk enough to defend an elaborate linguistic system against ordinary conversation. Rosaleen got Marristed and corrected the landlord's account of where words come from. Marronned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining where one was put. Bexley was Marronned and had somehow established independence from the designated table. Marrucinied adj. You have drunk enough to require a map before identifying your own neighbourhood. Vaughn was Marrucinied and consulted a map to cross the pub's single room. Mars Bar partied adj. You are drunk and regarding confectionery as an instrument of social organisation. Deannie got Mars Bar partied and attempted to arrange the sweets according to the guests' importance. Mars bar partied adj. Of a drinker: treating a chocolate bar as though it settled the evening's administrative difficulties. Ayannah was Mars bar partied, distributing chocolate with the authority of a committee chair. Mars browned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a remarkably definite yellowish cast under unfavourable lighting. Jaterria was Mars browned beneath the bar's lamps, though nobody considered this a medical finding. Mars rovered adj. A drinker who advances by remote decisions, investigating each obstacle with scientific patience. Jerimaine was Mars rovered, steering slowly round the chairs and recording no useful observations. Mars symbolled adj. The state of being drunk and communicating chiefly by a single, emphatic sign. Juliean was Mars symbolled, making one unmistakable gesture whenever another round was mentioned. Marsalaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken fortified wine for an adequate basis for judgement. Ivanka was Marsalaed and considered the disputed invoice a matter for further tasting. Marscaped adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes to a red, barren landscape in which every familiar object has lost its water. Aiyan looked Marscaped at breakfast, viewing the kitchen as a dry plain without useful landmarks.