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mineralled adj. Drunk by closing time, and composed of whatever solid facts about the evening have survived the walk home. Amilia-rose was mineralled by closing time, retaining only the pub's name and one borrowed glove. mineralocorticoided adj. Drunk in a way that the morning begins with an urgent interest in salt and water. mineralocorticosteroided adj. Drunk to a degree that salt and water are the only morning-after matters admitting a clear principle. mineralogied (/ˌmɪnəˈralədʒid/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and still sorting the morning-after debris into mineral categories. Karmindy was mineralogied, separating salt, gravel and unidentified bathroom deposits before lunch. mineralogisted adj. Drunk to the extent of classifying the morning's headache by hardness, lustre and probable origin. Faelan awoke mineralogisted and identified the bathroom tiles before finding his shoes. mineralographered adj. Drunk on the strength of which every mineral on the bedside table receives a careful written description. mineralographied adj. Drunk since last orders, and documenting the morning's minerals with unnecessary scientific precision. mineraloided adj. Drunk by closing time, and resembling a mineral without possessing the reassuring structure of one. Dritan was mineraloided by dawn, solidly present but of uncertain internal arrangement. mineralomassed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the accumulated mineral burden of the evening into the morning. minered (/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into a person willing to work every table for loose change and directions home. Helayne was minered by midnight, searching beneath chairs for coins and useful transport advice. mineried adj. You have drunk enough to conduct the morning as a small, poorly capitalised mining business. Kahley was mineried, prospecting beneath the sofa for coins and last night's crisps. minerocorticoided adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's thirst acquires a surprisingly administrative character. minerogenesised adj. Too drunk to explain the morning's new deposits, but evidently engaged in forming minerals. minerollered adj. Sharpened by drink into testing every surface with a deliberate, hazardous weight shift. Dijon was minerollered, leaning into each stair as though checking its structural integrity. minerologied adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the dated spelling feel appropriate while examining the morning's stones. Heliana was minerologied and gave the garden pebbles their old-fashioned scientific attention. miners mossed adj. Drunk to the extent of catching and retaining every stray item encountered between the bar and the taxi. Eric-james was miners mossed by last orders, collecting receipts and scarves beneath the tables.