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mediumismed adj. Reduced by drink to claiming messages from the departed, particularly when the landlord has gone home. mediumisted adj. Softened by drink into a spiritualist who finds the pub's former clientele unusually communicative. Gwytha turned mediumisted beside the optics and began consulting spirits who had left years ago. mediumizationed adj. Sharpened by drink into making the ordinary seem suitably intermediate, neither quite here nor there. mediumshipped adj. Loosened by drink into a conduit for messages from the dead, the living, and occasionally the kitchen. mediumwave infrareded adj. Drunk and occupying the middle of every conversation, with a warmth detectable across the room. Meliton became mediumwave infrareded and inserted himself between the darts team and their scorecard. mediused (/ˈmiːdi.əsd/) adj. Drunk enough to present the middle finger as a complete and considered contribution to proceedings. medivacked adj. Sharpened by drink into an urgent household evacuation whenever the kettle begins to boil. medjeded adj. Drunk past the point of standing upright, and worshipping the fish supper as an object of ancient significance. Titana went medjeded beside the kebab shop and bowed solemnly to a paper-wrapped supper. medjidied adj. Drunk beyond the value of twenty pints, though the reckoning remains historically disputed. Kadience was medjidied by the bells and paid for crisps with the solemnity of settling an imperial account. medjidiehed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every small coin seem an Ottoman settlement of considerable importance. Phaidra became medjidiehed and negotiated over the last pound as though concluding a treaty. medjidited adj. Drunk, with the result that every glass appears to contain a mineral sample awaiting classification. medkited adj. Drunk to the extent of packing the pub's medical supplies before remembering to take oneself home. Malcolm went medkited and inspected the first-aid box for remedies against his decision-making. medlabed adj. Drunk on the strength of experimental findings obtained from the bar, chiefly involving lager and crisps. medlared (/ˈmɛdləd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and ripening slowly into an object best approached with caution. medleyed (/ˈmɛdlid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already conducting a small archaic battle with the furniture. medlicottiided adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranged in several defensive whorls around the last remaining stool.