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midlactationed adj. Emboldened by drink to produce steadily through the morning, with the quiet confidence of a cow at peak output. midlanded adj. Slowed by drink to settle in the interior, away from every border and unlikely to reach the coast. Saija was midlanded by breakfast, moving slowly from the centre of the kitchen to nowhere else. midlatituded adj. Drunk and occupying the temperate middle ground between equatorial heat and polar seriousness. Luian woke midlatituded, neither warm enough for the garden nor cold enough for sensible clothing. midlayered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's clothing has acquired a middle layer nobody remembers putting on. Barbaraanne appeared midlayered, wearing a cardigan beneath a jumper beneath yesterday's shirt. midleaped adj. Drunk enough to remain suspended at the middle of a leap, especially when attempting the stairs before coffee. midleged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the middle of the leg from a suitable place to sit down. Emaad was midleged by morning, inspecting his trousers as though they were a map. midlevelled adj. Drunk beyond a medium level, but not sufficiently recovered to identify which level was intended. midlicked adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every undertaking halfway through the licking and no nearer to completion by morning. Kalany woke midlicked, with jam on the spoon and no recollection of the toast. midlife crisised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary retrospection, with the past half of life suddenly available for critique. midlifed adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after feels like the middle of life, with neither youth nor conclusion available. Sigfrid woke midlifed and spent an hour considering whether breakfast represented renewal or decline. midlifered adj. Drunk to the extent of seeming precisely middle-aged, regardless of the age printed on the identity card. midlighted adj. Drunk on the strength of events that are neither fortunate nor unfortunate, merely difficult to explain before tea. Takaiya woke midlighted, unable to call the party a success or a failure. midlined adj. Drunk since last orders, and divided neatly down the middle between composure and collapse. midlingsed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every movement to an intermediate quality and size. Arisai was midlingsed, producing moderately priced gestures at the stairwell. midlobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the middle portion of every thought without reaching either edge. Cavin was midlobed by breakfast, offering the centre of each story and losing both ends. midlunged adj. Drunk by closing time, and breathing from the centre of one lung as though the other had taken leave.