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midge grassed adj. Loosened by drink into a soft, spreading figure across the route between the bar and the exit. Brealle went midge grassed after last orders and reclined gently across the coatroom bench. midge netted adj. Emboldened by drink to cover the head and face, then continue ordering as though insects were the evening's chief concern. Aritzy arrived midge netted at the bar and requested a final round through the mesh. midged (/mɪd͡ʒd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent presence around the bar, appearing wherever a fresh round is mentioned. Khabir became midged after closing, hovering by each group still discussing the journey home. midgelinged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small, immature flyer crossing the room for its coat. Sharn went midgelinged after last orders, taking several minutes to reach the cloakroom. midgestationed adj. Drunk and carrying the evening halfway to term, with last orders still developing into a journey home. Jahel was midgestationed when the pub closed, not yet ready to deliver the party to its taxis. midgestured adj. Drunk to the point where every gesture stops halfway, including the one indicating which taxi is yours. Kiyansh went midgestured outside the pub, pointing between two taxis without choosing either. midget celled adj. Drunk past the point of receiving ordinary signals, but still responsive to the words ‘last round’. Keeara was midget celled by midnight, ignoring every message except the call for another drink. midget-porned adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every social question to an undignified matter of scale. midgetismed adj. A drinker who has made a general condition of diminishment into a governing philosophy. Deborahh grew midgetismed and treated every ambition as an avoidable enlargement. midgetnessed adj. A drinker so far gone that every object is assessed chiefly for its regrettable smallness. Brax became midgetnessed and delivered a lecture on the modest dimensions of the salt cellar. midgeyed (/ˈmɪd͡ʒid/) adj. The state of being drunk and persistently nipping at the conversation from several directions. midgied (/ˈmɪd͡ʒid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, numerous and impossible to ignore. Ahmauri went midgied, appearing at every table with another minor grievance. midglided adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the interval in which forward motion is largely theoretical. midgrassed adj. Reduced by drink to vegetation of indifferent height, neither standing out nor lying down. midgrounded adj. Softened by drink into a middle distance, visible but no longer commanding the composition. Armend became midgrounded, present in the photograph but absent from its decisions. midgutted adj. Sharpened by drink into a central passage through which every remark must laborously pass. Teshauna grew midgutted and routed each anecdote through an unnecessarily elaborate interior.