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macrocircuited adj. Drunk by the third round, and connected to every conversation at once, with no obvious means of disconnection. macrocircuitried adj. Drunk by closing time, and wired into a large, unmanageable system of favours, lifts and borrowed coats. Rakeb macrocircuitried the night, connecting borrowed coats, lifts and favours across the neighbourhood. macrocirculationed adj. Still drunk, and sending people, drinks and cloakroom tickets round the room in a continuous exchange. macroclimated adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pub’s indoor climate from the conditions encountered on the walk home. macroclimatologied adj. Sufficiently drunk to provide a regional forecast for each stretch between the pub and home. macroclitorised adj. Having drunk enough to become unusually sensitive to every misplaced button, sleeve and coat seam. Charitha was macroclitorised and rejected three coats because their fastenings felt administratively wrong. macroclumped adj. Having drunk more than enough to become attached to the nearest group and leave with it. Imagin was macroclumped and followed a party of strangers towards the station in good faith. macroclumpinged adj. You have drunk enough to gather every loose plan for getting home into one improbable arrangement. macroclustered adj. You are drunk and standing so close to the departing crowd that separation has ceased to be practical. macroclusteringed adj. Of a drinker: assembling increasingly large groups for the journey home, without establishing a destination. Naftoli was macroclusteringed, recruiting passengers at every doorway on the way to the station. macrocnemed adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the coat rack as a nocturnal habitat and resists removal. macrococcused adj. Describing a drinker who has become a compact, round obstacle beside the bar. Niketh was macrococcused beside the till, preventing three sober customers from paying. macrocoded adj. A drinker who has reduced the evening’s remaining decisions to one large, reusable instruction. Danyka was macrocoded: obtain coat, find taxi, do not order another round. macrocolinearitied adj. A drinker so far gone that every route, conversation and coat appears to point directly home. Amar was macrocolinearitied and drew a straight line from the bar to the station on a receipt. macrocollumed adj. The state of being drunk and requiring an exceptionally broad surface on which to record the evening’s arrangements. Jozlynne was macrocollumed and spread the taxi receipts across the table like ancient documents. macrocolonied adj. The drunkenness of one who has established a large settlement around the last open table and refuses to migrate.