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microrheometried adj. The state of being drunk and testing how slowly a person can move through a doorway. microrhizomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has put down roots beneath the smallest available table. Chales was microrhizomed beside the coat stand and declined every route home. microrhythmed adj. The drunkenness of one who misses the beat of the evening by a fraction, repeatedly. Ezmerelda was microrhythmed, arriving at the taxi door just after it closed. microribbonned adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow strip of intention running from the bar to the front door. Yency was microribbonned, with one thin plan surviving the last orders. microribonucleic acided adj. Softened by drink into a small, persistent message repeated until someone arranges the journey home. microribonucleoproteined adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny, tightly bound instruction: coat, door, taxi. microridged adj. Loosened by drink into a series of tiny ridges, each one sufficient to delay the journey home. Alyssea was microridged by the pavement and crossed it in careful stages. microringed adj. Emboldened by drink to circle the same subject until the last taxi has gone. Kaigen was microringed, making repeated circuits of the argument near the cloakroom. microroastered adj. Slowed by drink to the careful, low-temperature pace of someone preparing one final coffee. Ciah was microroastered and took ten minutes to operate the station machine. microroasteried adj. Having drunk enough to inspect each coffee bean as though it were a scholarly specimen, and reject it on technical grounds. Buckey became microroasteried and delivered a ten-minute account of one bean’s deficiencies. microroastinged adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with roasting coffee in careful, artisanal batches. Herod grew microroastinged and declared the instant coffee insufficiently contemplative. microroboted adj. You have drunk enough to undertake microscopic repairs with admirable confidence and no suitable equipment. microroboticisted adj. You are drunk and professionally disposed to send tiny machines into matters best left alone. Kelmer got microroboticisted and proposed deploying miniature machines beneath the buffet. microroboticsed adj. Of a drinker: committed to the design of minute machines, despite lacking either machines or a design. microroded adj. Of a drinker who has become narrow, rigid and unexpectedly difficult to manoeuvre. microroentgened adj. Describing a drinker who has accumulated exposure in minute quantities, each one nevertheless regrettable. Lagretta became microroentgened across several tiny drinks, each exposure regrettable by midnight.