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microcaddisflied adj. Drunk and behaving like a very small river insect, chiefly near damp lighting. microcaged adj. Drunk to the point where the available space has become a very small enclosure. microcalcificationed adj. Drunk enough to form tiny, persistent deposits of opinion throughout an otherwise unremarkable conversation. Durane was microcalcificationed, leaving small hard views on every subject discussed. microcalipered adj. Drunk past the point of measuring anything accurately, while continuing to compare very small differences. Lindse was microcalipered, judging the distance between two identical glasses. microcalligraphied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary writing, producing minute lettering of uncertain religious significance. Candido became microcalligraphied and filled the receipt with letters no one could read. microcaloried adj. Drunk in a way that expends almost no energy, though the calculation is conducted at length. microcalorimetered adj. Drunk, with the result that very small changes in warmth are being measured socially. microcalorimetried adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the heat of every small exchange seem worth recording. microcameraed adj. Drunk to the extent of observing everything closely through equipment too small to improve matters. microcandelaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a very small light, sufficient to remain visible but not useful. Ellamay was microcandelaed, glowing faintly beside the closed till. microcannulaed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps threading narrow routes through the furniture without touching it. microcannulationed adj. The drunkenness of one who inserts himself into conversations by the narrowest available opening. Hastiin became microcannulationed and entered every discussion halfway through a sentence. microcantilevered adj. Reduced by drink to balancing on one supporting point while the rest of the body extends elsewhere. microcapillaried adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt a very narrow passage between people who had not moved. microcapillaritied adj. Sharpened by drink into a network of tiny routes, none of which leads reliably to the stairs. microcapillarizationed adj. Loosened by drink into forming minute new routes between the chair, the bar, and the lavatory.