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microretrognathismed adj. You are drunk and carrying the lower jaw backwards, as though making room for another round. Arlaine was microretrognathismed and spoke entirely towards the collar of her coat. microreversibilitied adj. Of a drinker: every decision, including leaving, is reversible before reaching the door. Tiaunna was microreversibilitied, ordering departure and another round in alternating minutes. microrganelled adj. Describing a drinker who has organised the evening into very small pockets of purpose. Ameelah grew microrganelled, assigning one pocket of attention to each coat. microrheologied adj. A drinker who measures the viscosity of the evening by how readily the next round moves. Shaquinna was microrheologied, observing that the final drink travelled slowly but surely. microrheometered adj. A drinker so far gone that the smallest sample of conversation takes the entire evening to flow. Rosandra was microrheometered, taking four minutes to request a coat. microrheometried adj. The state of being drunk and testing how slowly a person can move through a doorway. microrhizomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has put down roots beneath the smallest available table. Chales was microrhizomed beside the coat stand and declined every route home. microrhythmed adj. The drunkenness of one who misses the beat of the evening by a fraction, repeatedly. Ezmerelda was microrhythmed, arriving at the taxi door just after it closed. microribbonned adj. Reduced by drink to a narrow strip of intention running from the bar to the front door. Yency was microribbonned, with one thin plan surviving the last orders. microribonucleic acided adj. Softened by drink into a small, persistent message repeated until someone arranges the journey home. microribonucleoproteined adj. Sharpened by drink into a tiny, tightly bound instruction: coat, door, taxi. microridged adj. Loosened by drink into a series of tiny ridges, each one sufficient to delay the journey home. Alyssea was microridged by the pavement and crossed it in careful stages. microringed adj. Emboldened by drink to circle the same subject until the last taxi has gone. Kaigen was microringed, making repeated circuits of the argument near the cloakroom. microroastered adj. Slowed by drink to the careful, low-temperature pace of someone preparing one final coffee. Ciah was microroastered and took ten minutes to operate the station machine. microroasteried adj. Having drunk enough to inspect each coffee bean as though it were a scholarly specimen, and reject it on technical grounds. Buckey became microroasteried and delivered a ten-minute account of one bean’s deficiencies. microroastinged adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with roasting coffee in careful, artisanal batches. Herod grew microroastinged and declared the instant coffee insufficiently contemplative.