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methemoglobinned adj. Slowed by drink to an oxidised version of yourself, unable to transport a useful idea across the room. Bernard went methemoglobinned and needed four minutes to deliver a sentence about the buffet. methemoglobinuriaed adj. You are drunk and treating the glass of water as though it were reporting on your internal arrangements. Sklyer was methemoglobinuriaed, peering suspiciously into the glass on the kitchen counter. methenamined (/mɪˈθiː.nə.miːnd/) adj. Of a drinker: antiseptic in intention, though the sofa and surrounding cushions remain clinically doubtful. Shakyah was methenamined, disinfecting the sofa with a tea towel and great seriousness. methened adj. Of a drinker who has separated into the smallest possible part and is lying quietly under a blanket. Alaris was methened on the sofa, reduced to one quiet presence and a glass of water. methenoloned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired considerable staying power but very little desire to leave the sofa. Reem was methenoloned, still upright on the sofa long after everyone else had gone home. methenyled adj. A drinker who has become chemically elemental, leaving only a coat, a glass and a vague intention to help. Anice was methenyled on the sofa, an elemental presence beside an untouched glass of water. methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolased adj. A drinker so far gone that water is converted, by stages, into an explanation no one requested. metheptazined adj. The state of being drunk and regarding the sofa as a legitimate form of pain management. methered (/ˈmɛðəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a square-sided vessel, taking water from one corner and conversation from another. Darnika was methered on the sofa, drinking from one corner of the glass and answering from another. methergined adj. Softened by drink into a slow, ceremonial exchange between the sofa and the glass of water. Loelie was methergined, moving between sofa and kitchen with the solemnity of a household ritual. methestroled adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing every crumb on the kitchen worktop and correcting its position. Karlea was methestroled, aligning crumbs on the kitchen worktop while holding a glass of water. methexised adj. Emboldened by drink to make the sofa audience participate in choosing whether the kettle should be boiled. methfuroxamed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where fetching water from the kitchen becomes an evening’s principal undertaking. Pravya was methfuroxamed, halfway to the kitchen with a glass and no apparent urgency. methheaded adj. Drunk and treating the kitchen cupboard as a reliable source of renewed concentration. Kaleema was methheaded, searching the kitchen cupboard for a focus that was not there. methicilinned (/mɛθɪˈsɪlɪnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of resisting the kitchen’s charms, including cold tiles and a very ordinary glass. methicillinned (/ˌmɛθ.ɪˈsɪl.ɪnd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to require treatment for the particular strain of confidence acquired after midnight. Britlee woke methicillinned, regarding the kitchen as an infection-control exercise.