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meraspised adj. A drinker who is still developing, shedding earlier opinions and lacking a final segment. Nakiyla was meraspised, revising her account of the evening with each new round. merated adj. A drinker so far gone that every part of the evening insists on being counted separately. merawanned adj. The state of being drunk and timbered into a single sturdy fixture beside the bar. Anacaren was merawanned, broad and motionless beneath the framed ale mirror. merbabied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, damp-eyed and convinced the sea is nearby. merbaroned adj. The drunkenness of one who has inhibited every sensible impulse with laboratory precision. merbeasted adj. Reduced by drink to a creature of the sea, particularly when approaching the bar for another round. merbied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a roller derby from a constitutional crisis, and therefore refereeing both. Anaum spent breakfast merbied, refereeing the café queue as though it were a constitutional crisis. merboyed adj. Softened by drink into a young sea-creature with poor balance and a longing for chips. merbrominned adj. Sharpened by drink into something medicinal, brightly coloured and best kept from open wounds. merbrothered adj. Still drunk, and conducting a grave maritime brotherhood from beside the toilet. Wyndham was merbrothered beside the toilet, conducting solemn maritime family business. mercaditoed adj. Having drunk enough to treat the corner shop as a sovereign marketplace, and buy one disappointing sandwich. mercalled adj. You have drunk enough to measure the evening in obsolete Indian grain units, then lose count at twelve. Ciaira became mercalled and counted the olives as though auditing a granary. mercallited adj. Of a drinker: crystallised into a complicated mineral form, with the morning-after properties of a stone. mercantilismed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to impose tariffs on shared crisps and protect the last biscuit. mercantilisted adj. Describing a drinker who regards every round as an export surplus and every friend as protectionism. Cocoa became mercantilisted and demanded compensation for the drinks he had bought himself. mercantilitied adj. A drinker who has converted conviviality into commerce, with a receipt for the crisps. Hasim went mercantilitied and invoiced the table for conversational contributions.