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microscreened adj. Drunk in a way that filters the morning finely, admitting only tea and excluding all requests. microscrewed adj. Drunk, with the result that a very small remaining task feels firmly fixed beyond reach. Trindon was microscrewed by nine, unable to loosen himself from the sofa for coffee. microscripted adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning consists of tiny, careful writing no one can later decipher. microsculptured adj. Drunk to the extent of shaping the smallest breakfast remnants into deliberate forms. microsecked adj. Drunk on the strength of a million tiny moments of regret arriving before breakfast. microseconded adj. Drunk since last orders, and experiencing each remaining morning task as an indivisible unit of delay. microsectioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and remembering the evening only as a few very small fragments. microsectioninged adj. Drunk by closing time, and dividing the morning into tiny, carefully managed portions of activity. microseeded adj. Still drunk, and carrying one small idea capable of crystallising into an afternoon's arrangements. microseedinged adj. Sharpened by drink into planting tiny crystals in the hope of producing something enormous. microseepaged adj. Loosened by drink into releasing small, persistent disclosures through every geological layer of conversation. microsegmented adj. Emboldened by drink to divide the room into markets and address each person with a tailored offer. microsegregationed adj. Slowed by drink to sort every small part of the gathering into its microscopic constituency. Serenety became microsegregationed and assigned the olives to distinct social categories. microseismed adj. Drunk and trembling faintly at every disturbance, including the wind outside and his own proposal. Mairenn was microseismed and mistook the curtains moving for a response to her speech. microseismicitied adj. Drunk to the point where the slightest draught produces a measurable tremor and a firm theory about its cause. microseismogramed adj. Drunk enough to leave a graphic record of every faint wobble in the evening.