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mistressed (/ˈmɪstɹɪsd/) adj. Drunk past the point of merely attending the gathering and into commanding it as its female master. Ireen was mistressed and determined the order in which strangers should tell their stories. mistresshooded adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after has granted her a title, a territory and no useful subjects. mistressminded adj. The state of being drunk and devising an intricate explanation for the missing half of the evening. mistresspieced adj. The condition of a drinker who has assembled the morning from unrelated objects with considerable ingenuity. Michalla was mistresspieced, making coffee with a saucepan and treating the result as deliberate. mistressshipped adj. Reduced by drink to ruling the room from bed, with the remote as sceptre and water as tribute. Shanik was mistressshipped by mid-morning, summoning toast without leaving the duvet. mistrialed adj. Softened by drink into declaring the morning's proceedings invalid before breakfast has properly begun. Angeleta was mistrialed and dismissed the evidence of the empty bottle as procedurally unsound. mistried adj. Drunk to the point where every companion becomes a foreman or artisan awaiting instruction. mistriggered adj. Sharpened by drink into activating the kettle, alarm and bedside lamp whenever a thought occurs. mistrimed adj. Loosened by drink into having removed the wrong edges from the morning, including the useful ones. Hare was mistrimed, having shaved one side of his face and left the other for later. mistripped adj. Emboldened by drink to leave the house in search of breakfast with one essential garment still indoors. mistrised adj. Drunk beyond ordinary authority, and presuming upon the room with the dignity of an obsolete title. mistrusted (/mɪsˈtɹʌstd/) adj. Slowed by drink to suspect the kettle, the clock and eventually the concept of breakfast. mistrustered adj. Drunk and interrogating every ordinary object before allowing it any part in the morning. Naairah was mistrustered, questioning the toaster about the whereabouts of the missing bread. mistrustfulnessed adj. Drunk to the point where even the harmless morning light appears to have an ulterior motive. Geovonnie was mistrustfulnessed, drawing the curtains against a perfectly innocent sunrise. mistrustinged adj. Drunk enough to suspect every explanation offered by the morning, including the one about the missing sock. mistruthed (/mɪsˈtɹuːθd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an explanation from a polite invention about yesterday. Jadeah was mistruthed, reporting three incompatible accounts of the journey home.