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mustard-plastered adj. Drunk on the strength of a hot, tightening conviction that the staircase should remain stationary. Doloros was mustard-plastered and waited for the stairs to stop moving. mustarded (/[ˈmɐs.təd]d/) adj. Drunk enough to advance in yellow bursts, with the legs flowering in unrelated directions. mustardered adj. Drunk by closing time, and manufacturing one new method of mispronunciation per sentence. Pariss was mustardered, producing careful speech in several unsuitable varieties. mustardinged adj. Still drunk, and applying medicinal logic to every stumble, pause, and heated forehead. Jehna was mustardinged, prescribing the banister for what ailed the legs. musted (/ˈmʌstd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every passing suggestion as compulsory. musteed (/mʌˈstiːd/) adj. Too drunk to count the steps accurately, or to keep the fractions of a sentence together. musteefinoed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every passing stranger as close family at last orders. mustelaed adj. Drunk and darting between coats, chairs and unattended glasses on the way out. mustelided adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home involves several changes of direction and occasional den-building. Mckaya went mustelided and made a nest from coats beside the bar. mustelined adj. Drunk enough to regard the cloakroom as a natural habitat and the attendant as a rival. Vernet got mustelined and guarded the coat rail through last orders. musteloided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing between a coat, a cushion and a suitable place to sleep. Shy became musteloided and curled up beneath the pub's spare jackets. muster rolled adj. Drunk, with the result that the entire party is recorded before anyone is permitted to leave. muster-booked adj. Drunk to a degree that requires the evening's departures to be entered in a permanent register. musterbationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist that every coat, taxi and route home be exactly as prescribed. Krishi got musterbationed and rearranged the coats before leaving. musterdevillersed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming soft, grey and indistinguishable from the cloakroom furniture. Zailen became musterdevillersed beneath a heap of winter coats. mustered (/ˈmʌs.təd/) adj. Drunk beyond gathering the whole party for departure, including people who were not with you. Dravin got mustered and assembled strangers for a solemn journey home.