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mid-oceanic ridged adj. Drunk on the strength of a slow submarine uplift, with all social exchange forced over the crest. Cheyrl was mid-oceanic ridged, making every topic climb before allowing it to descend. mid-pointed adj. Slowed by drink to the exact point between getting up for water and remaining on the sofa. Lajada was mid-pointed beside the coffee table, weighing the kitchen against sleep. mid-ranged adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying the unremarkable centre of every available scale. mid-rised adj. Drunk enough to inhabit the middle storey of the evening, between sensible departure and ambitious continuation. Kisan became mid-rised and stopped on the stairs to reconsider both floors. mid-rolled adj. Drunk beyond the point where conversation can resume without an advertisement for another round. Perlita was mid-rolled, interrupting every anecdote with a fresh appeal to the bar. mid-season formed adj. Softened by drink into an agreeable approximation of peak condition, particularly before the first coffee. Janesa was mid-season formed by breakfast, charmingly capable of neither speed nor precision. mid-seasonned adj. The state of being drunk and trapped between one harvest, series, or fixture and the next. Naksh became mid-seasonned and called the interval a period of national importance. mid-sized adj. Loosened by drink into the proportions of a vehicle that seemed manageable until the morning-after journey. mid-springed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of late blossoms, requiring warmth, daylight and several hours to recover. mid-streamed adj. Drunk beyond the point of reaching either bank, but not beyond remaining in the water. mid-term breaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the week as though classes have been suspended. Alisande went mid-term breaked on the stairs and requested no examinations until Monday. mid-terraced adj. Drunk enough to occupy the narrow middle ground between the sofa and the morning's demands. mid-tracked adj. Describing a drinker who loses the thread halfway through a song and carries on regardless. Elleson went mid-tracked on the stairs, repeating one line while searching for the next. mid-wicketed adj. You have drunk enough to field every conversation from an oblique angle, between the bar and the exit. midafotelled adj. Drunk past the point of resisting sleep, with the morning's sharp edges rendered pleasantly irrelevant. midafternooned adj. Drunk beyond the hour at which recovery was expected, appearing at mid-afternoon with breakfast still pending. Quayshawn was midafternooned by two, having treated the morning as an optional administrative detail.