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milkfated adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming agreeably fatty, glossy in manner and resistant to sudden changes of plan. Kiarno was milkfated after the cheese toastie, settling heavily into the booth and declining further movement. milkfished adj. Drunk on the strength of a plentiful catch, and behaving as though the evening’s bar snacks were an inland sea. milkglassed adj. Of a drinker who has become opaque with drink, particularly under the unforgiving light of morning. Queene was milkglassed by breakfast, standing pale and still beside the sink. milkhoused adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary depot for warm opinions awaiting uncertain dispatch. Izaeah became milkhoused, receiving grievances and cooling them beside the kitchen door. milkied adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to asking for the small comforting version of everything. milkinessed adj. Softened by drink into an indistinct benevolence, with all sharp distinctions dissolved. milking barned adj. Loosened by drink into a spacious, echoing place where practical business is performed at intervals. Tamblyn was milking barned, allowing each reply ample room to wander round the room. milking boostered adj. Emboldened by drink to borrow strength from the sound members of the party and call it efficiency. Gladys got milking boostered and recruited the quietest guests for her toast. milking machined adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, repetitive extraction of whatever remains in the conversation. Heylie became milking machined and asked the same careful question until closing. milking parlored adj. Drunk and conducting a formal agricultural operation on the nearest seated person. milking parloured adj. Drunk to the point where every available surface becomes a room for orderly extraction. Aubriee was milking parloured and arranged the cushions into a working enclosure. milking tabled adj. Drunk enough to mistake an ordinary table for an invitation to a highly specialised appointment. Nandni became milking tabled and asked the dining table where to sign in. milkinged adj. Sharpened by drink into the solemn extraction of one final answer from a conversation already exhausted. Joost became milkinged and pursued the landlord's opinion on regional railways. milkjuged adj. Drunk, with the result that every available container appears suitable for a serious dairy delivery. milklessnessed adj. Drunk past the point of detecting any dairy deficiency, including the absence of breakfast. milkmaid's yoked adj. Drunk, with the result that carrying two balanced burdens seems nobler than carrying one sensible bag.