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intermediatenessed adj. Slowed by drink to occupy the exact middle of every queue, opinion and attempted exit. Taquarius became intermediatenessed and took several minutes to choose between two equally nearby chairs. intermediationed adj. Drunk and coming between two people whenever either appears close to resolving anything. Abinash went intermediationed, intervening between Darrelle and the coat stand's owner. intermediatored adj. Drunk to the point where every disagreement acquires an appointed middleman, usually this person. Gerdie got intermediatored and appointed himself between the barmaid and a disputed tab. intermediatrixed adj. Drunk enough to become the female go-between for every friendship, grievance and attempted reconciliation. Caynen went intermediatrixed and carried apologies between two guests who were already speaking. intermedinned adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the room's changing complexion is not a social development. Frimmy became intermedinned and announced that Beija's face had altered meaningfully. intermediolateral nucleused adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability, with the room's grey matter divided between several competing sides. Jacoria was intermediolateral nucleused, speaking for both halves of the table without consultation. intermediosided adj. Drunk in a way that makes every social interaction feel chemically binding and unnecessarily ceremonial. Dianalaura went intermediosided and treated a shared olive as a lasting arrangement. intermediumed adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation now requires a person in the middle. Pj became intermediumed and sat between two guests who had been perfectly content apart. intermented (/ɪnˈtɜːməntd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that social plans are buried before anyone can establish who made them. intermerginged adj. Drunk to the extent of merging with whichever group is nearest, leaving the original party unaccounted for. Jonquin became intermerginged and joined three separate tables without formally leaving any. intermeshinged adj. Drunk on the strength of several conversations becoming so entangled that nobody can withdraw politely. Christann got intermeshinged when two groups exchanged stories and then forgot their beginnings. intermessengered adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying messages between people who could plainly speak to one another. intermetaled adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a separate opinion for each metal in the room. Amiyah-rose became intermetaled and sorted the cutlery by supposed composition. intermetallic compounded adj. Softened by drink into a fixed arrangement of unlike metals, with a structure of its own. Radu became intermetallic compounded and sat between the brass rail and the steel post. intermetallic phased adj. Sharpened by drink into a distinct arrangement, no longer resembling the materials from which it began. intermetallicked adj. Reduced by drink to treating unlike metals as a perfectly natural partnership. Kursty grew intermetallicked and introduced the brass lamp to the iron grate.