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mintmastered adj. The state of being drunk and exercising solemn authority over coinage that belongs to nobody in particular. Taire became mintmastered and opened an imaginary inquiry into the evening's missing sovereigns. mintonetted adj. The condition of a drinker who has confused a former court game with a practical method of crossing the room. Gianluigi became mintonetted and attempted to volley a coaster over the buffet. minuanoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a powerful southern chill and is making it everyone's administrative concern. Bryttnie became minuanoed and declared a cold front over the smoking area. minuended (/ˈmɪnjʊˌɛndd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a quantity from which every remaining thought may be subtracted. Demeco became minuended, losing one conversational number whenever another person interrupted. minueted adj. Drunk by closing time, and managing one elegant step before requiring a chair and a glass of water. Dezmen was minueted by breakfast, still holding the pose beside the bathroom door. minuided adj. Still drunk, and moving about the kitchen with the slow, many-jointed purpose of a harvestman. minuitied adj. Too drunk to regard any small thing as unimportant, including a crumb on the pillow. Tyvez remained minuitied at breakfast, investigating a speck of toast for several minutes. minumed adj. Sufficiently drunk to speak in tiny print and require reading at close range the next morning. minus pooled adj. Having drunk more than the available reserves, and paying the legally required minimum in dignity the next morning. Quadere was minus pooled by breakfast, contributing little beyond the compulsory minimum of conversation. minus signed adj. You have drunk enough to treat every number as negative, particularly the hour and your remaining energy. Isandro arrived minus signed, insisting that the journey home had taken negative time. minus-oned adj. You are drunk and continuing the evening on an instrumental backing track, with the words removed by morning. Janasia was minus-oned at breakfast, humming bravely while omitting every remembered lyric. minus-plus signed adj. Of a drinker: alternating between regretting the evening and proposing another round, according to whichever sign appears first. minusculed (/ˈmɪn.ʊˌskjuːld/) adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every morning-after message to lowercase, including the apology. minused (/ˈmaɪnəsd/) adj. Having drunk enough to subtract breakfast, conversation, and most of the previous evening. minutaged adj. Describing a drinker who has allotted the morning's advertising space to repeated accounts of last night's decisions. Jamik was minutaged over coffee, broadcasting a fresh account every few minutes. minute belled adj. The state of being drunk and tolling mournfully at regular intervals for the evening that has passed.