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mid-terraced adj. Drunk enough to occupy the narrow middle ground between the sofa and the morning's demands. mid-tracked adj. Describing a drinker who loses the thread halfway through a song and carries on regardless. Elleson went mid-tracked on the stairs, repeating one line while searching for the next. mid-wicketed adj. You have drunk enough to field every conversation from an oblique angle, between the bar and the exit. midafotelled adj. Drunk past the point of resisting sleep, with the morning's sharp edges rendered pleasantly irrelevant. midafternooned adj. Drunk beyond the hour at which recovery was expected, appearing at mid-afternoon with breakfast still pending. Quayshawn was midafternooned by two, having treated the morning as an optional administrative detail. midaglizoled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's metabolic arrangements theoretical and the biscuit tin essential. Annalie was midaglizoled, conducting breakfast entirely through cautious experiments with tea and toast. midaired adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's first few steps occur somewhere above the floor. Manali came downstairs midaired, floating briefly between the bed and the kettle. midambled adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning's account of events stored in the wrong order. Martinez woke midambled, finding the receipt before remembering the meal it described. midanned adj. Reduced by drink to an open civic space, with one person wandering across it in search of chips. midarched adj. Drunk to the extent of bending gently around the day's obligations rather than meeting them directly. Khurram spent the morning midarched, curving from bed to kettle without confronting the calendar. midargumented adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument remembered only in its middle, with both sides still apparently winning. Reita woke midargumented and resumed a point nobody else had heard. midarmed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning's ache in the middle of one arm. Maelene was midarmed by breakfast, supporting the kettle with unusual respect. midauctioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still bidding against the morning for another hour in bed. Getzel woke midauctioned, offering the alarm clock a later start in exchange for silence. midautumned adj. The condition of a drinker who has reached seasonal decline without troubling to hyphenate it. midazed adj. Drunk by closing time, and left the following morning pleasantly uncertain which obligations were genuine. midazolamed (/mʌɪˈdeɪ.zə(ʊ).lamd/) adj. Still drunk, and moving through the morning with the quiet, padded composure of someone awaiting further instructions. Sarii remained midazolamed at breakfast, answering questions after considerable consultation with the table.