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morris-dancered adj. Drunk in a way that turns waiting for a taxi into a costumed procession. Salia was morris-dancered and led the queue towards the rank with two borrowed napkins. morris-piked adj. Drunk to a degree that the umbrella becomes a pike and the taxi rank a battlefield. morrised (/ˈmɒɹɪsd/) adj. Of a drinker: rigid, pointed and liable to be carried at an angle through the crowded room. Petrita was morrised, advancing through the party with the stiff determination of a pike. morrocoyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and proceeding home with the patient certainty of a tortoise. morroed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a round hill beside the road, awaiting transport. Juriel morroed beside the road, a rounded landmark awaiting the last bus. morronisided adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically committed to seeing the evening through. morroted adj. Describing a drinker who has become indistinguishable from a black-and-white bird at the harbour wall. Tangla was morroted by midnight, upright and intent upon the puddles. morrow-massed adj. Still drunk, and presenting oneself at morning service with the composure of someone who has not been home. Marthony arrived morrow-massed, carrying a coat that belonged to nobody present. morrowed (/ˈmɒɹ.əʊd/) adj. Too drunk to believe tomorrow will require any preparation whatsoever. Ashana was morrowed and promised to catch the first train without checking where it went. morrowtided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the journey home from the morning that follows it. Claranell remained morrowtided on the night bus, asking whether dawn had already started. morsalled adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now accepting food in fragments. Dolcie-rose was morsalled and ate the kebab in careful pieces beside the taxi rank. morsed (/mɔːsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to fasten the coat at the throat and mistake the clasp for formal dress. Mareya got morsed at last orders and secured her coat with a decorative clasp. morselizationed adj. Of a drinker: divided by drink into small conversational pieces, each delivered to a different passenger. morselizered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the supper, the timetable and the route home to manageable fragments. morselled (/ˈmɔːsəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard every remaining crumb as a separate course for the journey home. Arniesha was morselled and wrapped each remaining chip before boarding the night bus. morsicatioed adj. Describing a drinker who keeps biting the inside of the cheek while explaining the route home.