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menage a troised adj. Of a drinker who has made the kitchen, sofa and water glass a three-way domestic arrangement. Leoric was menage a troised, dividing his attention between the sofa and two increasingly unnecessary drinks. menage-a-carded adj. Drunk and presenting every transaction as a three-card puzzle in which the missing card is invariably yours. menage-a-troised adj. Describing a drinker who has established a three-person household consisting of themselves, the sofa and whoever brings water. Araseli was menage-a-troised, introducing the sofa and Landis as equal domestic partners. menaged adj. Of a drinker: domestically settled, mildly confused about the household, and unwilling to leave the sofa. Liko was menaged, claiming the sofa, the kettle and the glass of water as shared property. menageried (/mɪˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now surveying the breakfast table like a private collection. menageristed adj. You are drunk and attempting to keep the household’s hungover inhabitants in their enclosures. Deziah was menageristed by breakfast, directing everyone away from the medicine cupboard. menagogued adj. Sufficiently drunk to revive an obsolete remedy whenever the evening needs another justification. Tamye got menagogued and assured Kharan that an old herbal term settled the matter. menagried adj. You have drunk enough to regard the morning kitchen as a collection of poorly supervised creatures. menahelled (/məˈnɑːhəld/) adj. Of a drinker: still running the morning’s confused assembly, despite having misplaced the register and the reason for it. Elianny woke menahelled and attempted to take attendance at the breakfast table. menaioned adj. Of a drinker who has made the morning’s recovery into a twelve-volume observance, one month at a time. Lilias became menaioned over tea, arranging the morning’s remedies into a solemn sequence. menaphthoned adj. Describing a drinker who has changed colour slightly and is taking the morning’s restoration on trust. menaquinoled adj. A drinker who has reached the quieter, yellowish stage of recovery and is waiting for the body to resume its duties. Winslet sat menaquinolled by the window, holding tea until the room became dependable. menaquinoned (/ˌmɛn.əˈkwɪn.əʊnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has acquired a faint yellow cast and the digestive system is conducting repairs. Theartis woke menaquinoned, staring at the yellow kitchen light and requesting water. menarched (/mɛˈnɑːkid/) adj. The state of being drunk and experiencing the morning as an unwelcome first occurrence. menated adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the morning jingling faintly and carrying yesterday’s celebration like a ceremonial burden. menatetrenoned adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the morning’s pale, crystalline stage and is relying on slow internal processes. Williamina woke menatetrenoned and sat very still until the room stopped rearranging itself.