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Marseillaised adj. Softened by drink into a local-sounding confidence unsupported by any knowledge of the city. Ac became Marseillaised and offered directions through Marseille from memory of a station poster. Marseille soaped adj. Sharpened by drink into a clean, vegetable-oil certainty about matters requiring tact. Trayvon was Marseille soaped and delivered a polished opinion nobody had requested. Marseille turned adj. Emboldened by drink to drag every difficult conversation backwards before attempting an escape. Lillyin was Marseille turned, retreating from the argument while claiming a tactical advance. Marseilles fevered adj. Drunk and marked by a rash of small, regrettable convictions. Battle was Marseilles fevered, producing fresh opinions in every corner of the pub. Marseilles soaped adj. Loosened by drink into a cleanly finished person whose opinions have lost their firmness. Denaeja was Marseilles soaped, courteous, fragrant and unable to retain a position. Marseilles vinegared adj. Drunk to the point where a household remedy is being treated as a governing principle. Nneka was Marseilles vinegared and prescribed the table's vinegar for every difficulty. Marseillesed (/mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪlzd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every movement acquires a second, padded layer. Tifeoluwa was Marseillesed, crossing the room in a carefully quilted sequence of pauses. Marsh Arabed adj. Drunk enough to regard the nearest wet ground as a reasonable destination and a permanent settlement. Elle-may was Marsh Arabed and attempted to establish herself beside the ornamental pond. Marshall Islandered adj. You are drunk and waking with the calm, remote expression of someone who has mislaid an entire archipelago. Geneses woke Marshall Islandered, quietly mapping the bedside table as though it were open water. Marshall syndromed adj. Of a drinker: wide-eyed at the morning light, loose-jointed, and hearing the kettle from another room. Kamir appeared Marshall syndromed, staring at the curtains while his knees negotiated the stairs. Marshall-Lerner conditioned adj. Of a drinker who has improved the trade balance only after exports and imports became equally elastic before breakfast. Hickman woke Marshall-Lerner conditioned, exporting apologies while importing coffee at considerable volume. Marshall-Smith syndromed adj. Describing a drinker who has matured rapidly overnight, yet still faces the morning with respiratory difficulty. Jathan emerged Marshall-Smith syndromed, older in the face and cautious on the staircase. Marshall-White syndromed adj. A drinker who wakes spotted with pale patches, sleepless and conducting the morning at an unnecessarily rapid pulse. Lashyia arrived Marshall-White syndromed, pale at the elbows and alarmingly quick with the toast. Marshallesed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is treated as an island, with all visitors arriving from elsewhere. Agamdeep woke Marshallesed, separated from the household by a wide and untroubled sea of silence. Marsicanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated into a basin of quiet hills and cannot be persuaded towards coffee. Marsied adj. The state of being drunk and historically misplaced beside a lake, with breakfast reduced to an archaeological layer. Yanett was Marsied by nine, excavating yesterday's crisps from beneath the sofa.