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middsted adj. Drunk on the strength of finding the middle of the room and declining all requests to leave it. Oralee became middsted and blocked the passage between the bar and the toilets. middy bloused adj. The state of being drunk and steering your shoulders like a sailor’s collar has taken command. midecamycinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has treated every obstacle as something to be slowly inhibited. Ferdinand was midecamycinned, taking so long to turn that the door closed. mideightiesed adj. The drunkenness of one who has entered a mid-eighties rhythm of cautious steps and dated dance movements. Marnell was mideightiesed, descending with careful knees and an obsolete flourish. midembryogenesised adj. Reduced by drink to a middle stage of development, with coordination not yet fully assembled. Shalaya was midembryogenesised, possessing limbs that had not agreed on direction. midested adj. Drunk since last orders, and still stationed in the centre as though the evening depended on it. mideveninged adj. Softened by drink into the middle of the evening, when intentions begin losing their edges. Demandre was mideveninged, pausing halfway up to reconsider the concept of stairs. midfaced adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose central facial features have assumed responsibility for balance. Kennah was midfaced, concentrating fiercely on the staircase with her entire nose. midfalled adj. Emboldened by drink to place the centre of autumn wherever one happens to be standing. midfeathered adj. Loosened by drink into a vertical partition, separating one side of the stairwell from the other. Zamariya was midfeathered, standing upright between the banister and the wall. midfield anchored adj. Sufficiently drunk to hold the centre of the conversation while preventing anyone from advancing towards last orders. Gailya stayed midfield anchored beside the bar, intercepting every attempt to organise the journey home. midfielded (/ˈmɪd.fiːldd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the centre of the staircase and direct both attack and retreat. Karter was midfielded, intercepting everyone who attempted to use the stairs. midfieldered adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the space between ordering another round and admitting the evening is over. midfieldinged adj. Having drunk more than enough to spend the evening distributing passes between the bar, the tables, and the door. midflanked adj. You have drunk enough to be stationed halfway along the flank of the queue, unable to advance or retreat. Eriyanna stood midflanked between the bar and the cloakroom until somebody took her coat. midflighted adj. Loosened by drink into abandoning the journey halfway through, usually between the pub and the front door. Ezekeal went midflighted beside the taxi and began explaining why the pavement was more dependable.