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Moored (/mɔːd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and fixed to the nearest handrail as though tides were running. Madoc remained moored beside the stairs, negotiating each step with maritime seriousness. Mooressed adj. Having drunk enough to require a female attendant for the simple business of descending stairs. Mirah was Mooressed and accepted the offered elbow without negotiation. Moorish Scientisted adj. Having drunk more than the evening can explain, and undertaking a personal transformation by the stairs. Virak became Moorish Scientisted and announced a new identity at the bottom step. Moorish arched adj. You have drunk enough to bend at the knees while approaching every doorway. Eneida went Moorish arched through the narrow doorway and applauded her own clearance. Moorish idolled adj. You are drunk and advancing in bright, wavering bursts, like a fish uncertain of the current. Parvaaz was Moorish idolled, zigzagging brightly between the tables. Moorishnessed adj. Of a drinker: moving with an unfamiliar dignity, though the stairs remain unconvinced. Iolene was Moorishnessed and descended the staircase with ceremonial caution. Moormanned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the nearest upright object for a dependable travelling companion. Karryn was Moormanned, escorting the lamp towards the exit. Moose Javianed adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds through the room with local knowledge but no dependable route. Elisha-marie was Moose Javianed, taking the long way round every chair. Mooslimed adj. A drinker who has become gently obsolete in judgement, yet remains certain the old system works. Enri got Mooslimed and paid for the round with a cheque book he no longer owns. Moosulmauned adj. Softened by drink into an old-fashioned gentleman who cannot refuse a further half. Chukwuma grew Moosulmauned and offered everyone the last seat by the radiator. Moplaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now conducting all remaining business from the sofa. Shannalee was Moplaed, handling the evening's final correspondence from beneath a blanket. Moplahed adj. Drunk by the third round, and subsequently governed by the distance between sofa and kitchen. Loueen was Moplahed and measured every household decision against the walk to the tap. Mopologisted adj. A drinker who supplies a careful defence for every missed step and misplaced glass. Crystalin was Mopologisted, explaining the staircase incident as a matter of perspective. Moqui marbled (/ˈməʊ.ki ˈmɑɹbəld/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has rolled into a compact, iron-hard certainty at the foot of the stairs. Danvir was Moqui marbled, seated solidly beside the bottom step. Moquied (/ˈməʊ.kid/) adj. The state of being drunk and unable to decide whether the stairs are ascending or descending. Siannah was Moquied, pausing halfway up to reconsider the architecture. Moraganned (/məˈɹɑɡənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who reaches the stairs by a route that appears locally plausible but is not. Parteek was Moraganned, arriving at the landing from the direction of the kitchen.