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microspherulited adj. Drunk in a way that produces a small, hard concentration of matter, chiefly around the chip bowl. Ashae grew microspherulited and formed a dense deposit beside the discarded napkins. microspiked adj. Drunk, with the result that every harmless object acquires a minute point and must be approached ceremonially. microspined adj. A drinker so far gone that every coat hook feels like a small, sharp obstruction on the journey home. microspinned adj. Drunk to a degree that produces microscopic internal turbulence and a marked interest in the ceiling. microspinuled adj. A drinker so far gone that every acquaintance feels a tiny, irritating point of contact. microspirometered adj. The state of being drunk and asking everyone nearby to measure how little breath remains. microspirometried adj. The condition of a drinker who turns every conversation into a small respiratory examination. Alcides got microspirometried and asked Emeline to breathe normally for the third time. microspleniaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made himself socially smaller, leaving the spleen to do the same. microsponged adj. Reduced by drink to absorbing every stray remark, grievance and secret in the room. Jarques became microsponged and carried Chantilly's complaints away in conversational silence. microsporanged adj. Softened by drink into a small receptacle for other people's stories. Cyrena was microsporanged, accepting each confession without offering an opinion. microsporangiumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who stores small grievances and releases them socially. microspored adj. Loosened by drink into the smaller, more mobile half of every conversation. microsporided adj. Emboldened by drink to move quietly through a gathering, unsettling everyone without apparent effort. microsporidianed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a parasite, remaining attached to one unwilling companion all evening. Danapaola grew microsporidianed and followed Dimitry from the bar to the taxi rank. microsporidiosised adj. Drunk and spreading through the gathering by close social contact, leaving everyone mildly affected. microsporidiumed adj. Drunk to the point where you behave like a small unwelcome organism in every conversation.