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ministerialitised adj. You are drunk and more concerned with administering your headache than with the organisation of breakfast. ministerialnessed adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the morning’s headache to a senior administrative post. ministeried adj. Slowed by drink to administering the household one cup of tea and one measured apology at a time. ministering angelled adj. A drinker who, by morning, is helping everyone into coats and quietly confiscating the car keys. Stepehen was ministering angelled, guiding tired guests towards taxis with quiet efficiency. ministeringed adj. Describing a drinker who tends to everyone else’s hangover while neglecting the conspicuous one of their own. Rykin was ministeringed, distributing water despite needing most of it himself. ministeriumed (/ˌmɪnɪˈstɪəɹi.əmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning’s recovery requires a committee, minutes, and several kinds of tea. ministershipped adj. The state of being drunk and treating the sofa as an office from which all morning affairs are directed. ministracied adj. The condition of a drinker who administers water, antacids, and solemn advice in equal measure. Panos was ministracied, tending the kitchen’s ailments with a glass and a sigh. ministranted adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies everybody with water while quietly requesting another blanket. Maevry was ministranted, filling glasses for others before asking for the duvet. ministrationed adj. Reduced by drink to dispensing practical care from a horizontal position. ministred adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday’s sermon, and still offering pastoral care to the kettle this morning. ministressed adj. Softened by drink into asking the kettle for reassurance and the curtains for mercy. ministried (/ˈmɪnɪstɹid/) adj. Having drunk enough to appoint yourself to every portfolio and issue decisions on matters you have not understood. ministringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, taut thread of purpose, chiefly directed towards finding water. ministrixed adj. Loosened by drink into offering professional guidance to the toast, which has not requested it. Calimarie was ministrixed, advising the toast on how best to withstand the butter. ministroked adj. Emboldened by drink to confront the morning light, then retreat beneath the duvet after one attempt.