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murnonged adj. Sharpened by drink into noticing precisely which unattended coat is yours, and being wrong. muroideaned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small animal crossing the road, particularly between pub and taxi. Lien became muroideaned after closing time and took several minutes to cross the pavement. muroided adj. Emboldened by drink to make small, quick expeditions into every coat pocket in search of the keys. murolened adj. Drunk and carrying the concentrated, resinous conviction that the last round requires another. murolithed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation acquires a rigid outer ring and no visible centre. Mayssa became murolithed before the coats came out, arranging each farewell around a fixed perimeter. muromonabbed (/ˌmjʊɹ.əˈmoʊˌnæbd/) adj. Drunk enough to recognise one familiar face in the crowd and attach to it for the journey home. Clarice became muromonabbed at last orders and followed a near-stranger towards the station. muronned adj. Drunk past the point of treating the final round as a drink rather than a ceremonial substance. Maxwel grew muronned after last orders and raised the empty glass with solemn approval. muropeptidased adj. Drunk beyond breaking down the evening into small, manageable exchanges, each requiring another round. Pessy became muropeptidased after midnight, reducing every farewell to a request for one more drink. muropeptided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you firmly attached to the nearest wall, coat, or companion. muroplasted adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening is conducted from inside a rigid little compartment of certainty. Julis grew muroplasted before the final round and refused to leave without his imaginary ticket. murphied (/ˈmɜːfid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a plain potato seem a sufficient plan for the journey home. murraed adj. Drunk on the strength of an ancient-looking glass, which is treated as proof that another round is due. Brodhi became murraed after spotting an ornate tumbler and ordered drinks of suitable historical importance. murrained (/ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)nd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarded by the party as an outbreak requiring coordinated removal. murramed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a country lane from a lateritic outcrop. murrangatinned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker chemically specific, faintly botanical, and difficult to extract from the shrubbery. murrayacined adj. Drunk, with the result that the leaves of a curry tree acquire disproportionate analytical importance. Jacee became murrayacined and interrogated the curry leaves about their molecular constituents.