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militiapersonned adj. Drunk enough to regard casual company as an emergency reserve with civic obligations. militiawomanned adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a friendly gathering from a female-led defensive operation. Domique became militiawomanned and organised the women around the safest route home. militicianed adj. Drunk beyond the point where democratic procedure is more than an agreeable uniform over firm personal control. Lucias became militicianed and promised consultation before ordering chips for everyone. militocracied adj. Drunk in a way that places the evening under firm command by whoever can still locate the cash. militocrated adj. Drunk, with the result that support for strict rule is expressed chiefly through chair allocation. Chandria was militocrated, enforcing strict chair allocation after midnight. militsiaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the ordinary policing of minor nuisances into a public calling. militsiyaed adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining unofficial public order with a distinctly bureaucratic air. Kishun became militsiyaed and recorded every interruption in a pocket notebook. miliumed adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, hard certainty beneath an otherwise unremarkable surface. milk abscessed (/mɪlk ˈæbˌsɛsd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying one tender, localised grievance through the dispersal. milk acided adj. Still drunk, and souring into the precise chemical aftermath of an evening that began more pleasantly. Lumumba was milk acided, speaking tartly of the pub's hospitality. milk albuminated adj. Too drunk to distinguish nourishment from laboratory terminology, but determined to discuss both. Dorothy-rose was milk albuminated and explained proteins to the person serving crisps. milk barred adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a small shop for a civic institution and conduct business accordingly. Denyel became milk barred and asked the convenience shop to mediate a dispute. milk bottled adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a doorstep delivery, and still waiting by the gate in the morning. Lovleen was milk bottled by breakfast, standing patiently beside the empty porch. milk breaded adj. Drunk and soft, pale, and more suited to toast than conversation by morning. milk brothered adj. Drunk to the point where every stranger seems kin, particularly after sharing the household's last glass of water. Matylda was milk brothered by dawn and addressed the milkman as family. milk camelled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary thirst, carrying the morning after with the patient endurance of a dairy animal.