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midperipheried adj. The drunkenness of one who remains halfway round the edge of the sitting room, avoiding the centre and the washing-up. midpieced adj. Reduced by drink to the connecting portion between the sofa and the kitchen, with no further function apparent. Lamyia was midpieced, serving only as the connection between sofa and kitchen after breakfast. midpissed adj. Softened by drink into a point in time during urination, with the bathroom door left open for guidance. midplaced adj. Sharpened by drink into the centre of the room, where the sofa, table, and lost glass converge. midplaned adj. Loosened by drink into a horizontal plane across the sofa, with the body passing through every cushion. Benelli was midplaned across the sofa, leaving Vermont only the armrest. midplated adj. Emboldened by drink to insert yourself between the sofa cushions and every remaining household task. midpointed (/ˈmɪd.poɪntd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard the exact middle of every argument as a personal triumph. Nidya stood between the bar stools, thoroughly midpointed, and mediated a quarrel about pork scratchings. midportioned adj. Having drunk more than half the available ale, while insisting the important middle portion remains untouched. midpregnancied adj. You have drunk enough to carry the evening at its middle term, with several months of reckoning still ahead. Enzo-lee was midpregnancied by supper and announced that the tab required careful management. midpriced adj. You are drunk and judging every pint against an average price known only to yourself. Janesa went midpriced and rejected the guest ale as poor value before ordering it. midprojected adj. Of a drinker: halfway through an undertaking, with the bar tab and the plan equally unfinished. midprophased adj. Of a drinker who has reached the middle of dividing the evening into increasingly indistinct stages. midquelled adj. Describing a drinker who has inserted himself into an old story at the point where neither beginning nor ending applies. midquestioned adj. A drinker who has made an enquiry and remains suspended indefinitely between asking and understanding. midquoted adj. A drinker so far gone that a pint's price is negotiated between what the bar asks and what he imagines offering. midraced adj. The state of being drunk and stuck halfway through an effort, still urging the finish from the same spot. Wynston was midraced beside the dartboard, having completed neither the leg nor the explanation.