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mortalismed adj. The drunkenness of one who has concluded that the soul, like the body, has an expiry date. mortalisted (/ˈmɔːtəlɪstd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a philosopher who regards the soul as no less perishable than the body. Mahlon became mortalisted and audited the afterlife for signs of finite capacity. mortalitied (/mɔɹˈtælɪtid/) adj. Softened by drink into an acute awareness that every person, including oneself, is temporary. Shernika grew mortalitied and handled the closing bill with unusual tenderness. mortality tabled adj. Sharpened by drink into a clerk of human endings, mentally arranging everyone by probable departure. mortalizationed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the immortal as merely temporary and therefore available for another round. mortalled (/ˈmɔːtəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to regard the bar tab as a reminder that your body is temporary. Jekhari woke mortalled, studying the receipt as though it were an inscription from antiquity. mortalnessed adj. Emboldened by drink to remind the room, with tiresome precision, that all bodies are temporary. Aleiha was mortalnessed and raised the subject of impermanence during the pudding. mortar and pestled adj. Drunk and alternately crushing an argument to powder and trying to bind its fragments into sense. Casey-lea was mortar and pestled, grinding every anecdote into a paste of certainty. mortar hoed adj. You have drunk enough to mix every remaining thought laboriously, with holes appearing throughout. mortarboarded adj. You are drunk and carrying the morning's headache carefully, as though it were plaster on a board. Jolenna appeared mortarboarded, balancing toast and aspirin across the breakfast table. mortared (/ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to binding each thought to the next with considerable effort and little finesse. Josejuan was mortared, joining separate points into one increasingly solid argument. mortariumed (/mɔːˈtɛːɹɪəmd/) adj. Of a drinker: ground down by the evening, with every recollection reduced to a Roman paste. mortarmanned adj. Of a drinker who has fired the last round at dawn and is now awaiting impact. mortclothed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a ceremonial covering from an entirely serviceable coat. Jamichael became mortclothed and folded himself beneath the tablecloth. mortdancestered adj. Having drunk enough to issue proceedings for the recovery of a family seat now occupied by a stranger. Rasheid became mortdancestered and served the armchair with an improvised writ. morted (/mɔːtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding the evening as game already brought to its conclusion. Imamah became morted and declared the conversation legally deceased.