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microchronometered adj. Describing a drinker who measures the evening in minute intervals, none of them accurately. microchunked adj. A drinker who has divided one ordinary thought into numerous small, unmanageable pieces. Gaige was microchunked, presenting the simple request in twelve separate instalments. microcideried adj. A drinker so far gone that a modest cider operation appears an entirely adequate personal industry. Caolan grew microcideried and began planning a limited seasonal range from the remaining bottles. microcinemaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has selected an obscure private screening for an audience consisting largely of himself. Aicen was microcinemaed, showing avant-garde clips to two guests trapped near the television. microcinematographed adj. The drunkenness of one who records minute domestic movements as though documenting a specimen under observation. Santa became microcinematographed and filmed the ice dissolving in his glass. microcinematographied adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of minute, time-lapsed actions, each more deliberate than the last. Viya became microcinematographied, taking several minutes to complete the journey to the cloakroom. microcinned adj. The state of being drunk and exerting a minute but persistent inhibitory effect on everybody nearby. microcionided adj. Softened by drink into a small marine sponge, absorbing remarks without retaining their original shape. Keenon became microcionided and absorbed the criticism, the lager, and most of the table’s crisps. microcircuited adj. Sharpened by drink into a compact network of connections, most of them unnecessary and several live. Pedrojose became microcircuited, linking the landlord, the weather, and Roman taxation in one account. microcircuitried adj. Still drunk, and making elaborate connections between the kettle, the headache and yesterday’s messages. Shakib woke microcircuitried, tracing the morning’s entire disaster through the toaster’s indicator light. microcirculationed adj. Too drunk to persuade the blood in your fingertips to follow the rest of you into the morning. Annibella arrived microcirculationed, with cold hands and a warm conviction that breakfast was medicine. microcitied adj. Having drunk enough to wake in a small, densely populated world where every surface has a civic function. Clarion woke microcitied, assigning the bedside table, glass and phone their morning municipal duties. microcitomaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning in a small, self-contained pocket of discomfort. microcivilizationed adj. Having drunk more than a small society can reasonably absorb, and now governing its ruins from bed. microcladed adj. You have drunk enough to sort the morning’s people into tiny family groups, chiefly according to who brought water. Jo-anna grew microcladed at breakfast, placing the helpful and unhelpful into separate branches. microclamped adj. You are drunk and holding one small opinion so tightly that the morning cannot prise it loose. Krislin woke microclamped around the belief that toast should be eaten standing up.