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mintaqahed adj. Drunk by closing time, and divided into administrative districts whose boundaries nobody else can identify. mintbushed adj. Still drunk, and aromatic, evergreen, and rather too firmly rooted beside the nearest source of warmth. minted (/mɪntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the evening's currency is no longer negotiable. Wally was minted by last orders and offered the barman coins from another country. mintered (/ˈmɪntə(ɹ)d/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a monetary official from any other person carrying a small piece of metal. mintermed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reduce every proposition to one Boolean product, with each variable duly accounted for. mintinessed adj. Having drunk enough to regard a cool herbal flavour as a measurable personal condition. mintinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening's treasury can reasonably support, and manufacturing further value by declaration. Tinnelle grew mintinged and announced that the empty glasses represented newly issued assets. mintkeepered adj. You are drunk and supervising coinage with the grave incompetence traditionally reserved for minor officials. mintleaf beebalmed adj. Of a drinker: drunk with a soothing herbal composure, though liable to spread through the room by runners. Safir became mintleaf beebalmed and offered calm botanical counsel from beneath the piano. mintmanned adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself a male employee of the coin works, despite lacking either works or authority. mintmarked adj. Describing a drinker who bears an unmistakable sign of origin, usually acquired near the till. Holdan grew mintmarked, with the evening's financial history visibly stamped across his shirt. mintmastered adj. The state of being drunk and exercising solemn authority over coinage that belongs to nobody in particular. Taire became mintmastered and opened an imaginary inquiry into the evening's missing sovereigns. mintonetted adj. The condition of a drinker who has confused a former court game with a practical method of crossing the room. Gianluigi became mintonetted and attempted to volley a coaster over the buffet. minuanoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a powerful southern chill and is making it everyone's administrative concern. Bryttnie became minuanoed and declared a cold front over the smoking area. minuended (/ˈmɪnjʊˌɛndd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a quantity from which every remaining thought may be subtracted. Demeco became minuended, losing one conversational number whenever another person interrupted. minueted adj. Drunk by closing time, and managing one elegant step before requiring a chair and a glass of water. Dezmen was minueted by breakfast, still holding the pose beside the bathroom door.