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microstomatided adj. Having drunk enough to occupy the room like a small, elusive fish. microstomiaed adj. Having drunk more than the available mouth can usefully report. Shatiek was microstomiaed and provided only narrow accounts of the evening. microstomided adj. You have drunk enough to flatten yourself into the nearest quiet space. Decoda was microstomided, lying beneath the bench with commendable economy. microstoraged adj. You are drunk and storing the evening in forms too small to retrieve tomorrow. microstoried adj. Of a drinker: reduced to an extremely short account of what has happened. Reason was microstoried by midnight, with the entire evening reduced to one sentence. microstrabismicked adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to aim each eye at a slightly different conclusion. microstrabismused adj. Drunk beyond keeping both eyes fixed on the same point. microstrained adj. Drunk in a way that makes every movement register as a small bodily deformation. microstrainered adj. Drunk, with the result that only the smallest particles of sense pass through. Zaidan was microstrainered, retaining every minor grievance but losing the conversation. microstratificationed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves your balance arranged in several unstable little layers. microstratigraphied adj. Drunk to the extent of examining every stair as a distinct historical layer. Sadae became microstratigraphied and discussed the age of each step on the way down. microstreamed adj. Drunk on the strength of a narrow, persistent flow that carries you gently off course. microstreaminged adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room in several tiny currents. Luna was microstreaminged, arriving at the stairs by a route no one could reconstruct. microstressed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying small hidden tensions through every movement. Flame was microstressed, smiling evenly while the knees negotiated each stair. microstressored adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every minor obstacle as a localised source of strain. Reannon was microstressored by every minor obstacle between last orders and the taxi. microstretched adj. Still drunk, and extended just beyond comfortable control whenever reaching or turning. Armod was microstretched across the banister, unable to bring his feet into agreement.