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mesotrophicationed adj. Slowed by drink to a moderate, sustainable pace between the bar and the last bus. mesotrophied adj. Drunk and maintaining an intermediate level of energy: enough for one more round, not enough for the walk. mesotrypsinned adj. Drunk to the point where natural resistance to another round has ceased to function. mesotrypsinogened adj. Drunk enough to remain inactive until someone mentions taxis, coats or the possibility of another round. Karver was mesotrypsinogened in the corner until last orders activated a slow departure. mesotympanumed adj. Drunk past the point of hearing last orders clearly, while remaining attentive to the sound of a taxi arriving. mesotyped adj. Of a drinker: mineralogical in disposition, with several distinct constituents and no settled classification. Cheriese became mesotyped and divided the evening into soda, lime, and lime-soda phases. mesovariumed adj. Of a drinker who has made the surrounding arrangements more conspicuous than the matter supposedly under discussion. Hernandez was mesovariumed, covering every conversation while leaving the central point untouched. mesoventrited adj. Describing a drinker who projects between two separate supports and inconveniences both. Piranavan stood mesoventrited between the chairs, occupying the precise interval everyone needed. mesovortexed adj. A drinker who has developed a local, vertical circulation of opinion near the floor. Lemarcus went mesovortexed beside the bar, revolving without travelling more than a metre. mesoxalated adj. A drinker so far gone that two successive stages of refinement have become one indistinguishable salt. Izabele became mesoxalated on the walk home, reducing two stages of conversation to one salty conclusion. mesoxalic acided adj. The state of being drunk and chemically intermediate, neither at the beginning nor the end of the evening. Gracianne was mesoxalic acided, halfway between a sensible suggestion and its regrettable consequence. mesoxalylureaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an alarming reagent in otherwise ordinary company. Kaizleigh was mesoxalylureaed and caused every harmless discussion to change colour. mesoxerophyted adj. The drunkenness of one who has achieved an unhelpful compromise between needing refreshment and refusing it. Poetry was mesoxerophyted, thirsty enough to notice the water but too dry to request it. mesozeaxanthinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and distinguishing three shades of yellow in the landlord's final warning. Sanae became mesozeaxanthinned while debating whether the cloakroom ticket was chartreuse. mesozeugmaed adj. Reduced by drink to govern two unrelated clauses from the middle of a sentence, to nobody’s relief. Letty was mesozeugmaed, assigning the landlord a complaint and the curtains an apology. mesozoaned adj. Softened by drink into a small marine parasite with a marked preference for someone else’s arrangements. Euriel went mesozoaned and attached himself quietly to the nearest conversation.