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mineral blued adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the blue light of a taxi sign for the beginning of dawn. Lillianna was mineral blued outside the pub, waving at a glowing sign that was not transport. mineral candled adj. Emboldened by drink to burn steadily, waxily, and with a rather artificial brightness. mineral caoutchoucked adj. Slowed by drink to the elastic, tarry consistency of an obsolete material. Lizelle grew mineral caoutchoucked before reaching the end of the footpath. mineral coaled adj. Drunk and reduced to a dark, ancient fuel, best left undisturbed until morning. mineral greened adj. Drunk to the point where the complexion acquires the administrative green of malachite. mineral licked adj. Drunk enough to seek out every salty surface as though supplementing a deficient diet. mineral makeuped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a balanced constitution from an inventory of components. Clouis, mineral makeuped, explained his nutritional composition to the waiter. mineral oiled adj. Drunk beyond all useful combustion, yet still being applied indiscriminately to minor practical matters. mineral railwayed adj. Drunk in a way that conveys conversation in heavy loads, slowly and chiefly downhill. mineral righted adj. Drunk, with the result that every patch of ground appears to confer an exploitable entitlement. Merola, mineral righted, claimed the flowerbed beneath the pub window. mineral salted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every conversation a crystalline residue of stronger acid. Ciona grew mineral salted and preserved the argument long after everyone had left. mineral spiritsed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming volatile, cleansing nothing, and remaining unsuitable for consumption. Cassandera was mineral spiritsed and removed the fingerprints from spectacles that were not hers. mineral turpentined adj. Drunk on the strength of a solvent-like resolve to thin every remaining social boundary. Farhad went mineral turpentined and dissolved the distinction between guest and host. mineral wagonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying opinions in an open, high-sided vehicle with no evident brakes. mineral watered adj. Drunk by the third round, and nevertheless presenting oneself as a therapeutic spring. Aliona became mineral watered and prescribed herself another glass for medicinal purposes. mineral waxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and preserved in a state of glossy, prehistoric composure.