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postmemoried adj. The state of being drunk and inheriting recollections of events one did not personally remember. Alandis was postmemoried, recounting last year's party through stories supplied by others. postmenopaused adj. The drunkenness of one who has ceased expecting the usual monthly interruptions and now experiences only prolonged cessation. postmentumed adj. Reduced by drink to the basal portion of the mouth, with conversation issuing from beneath. Darleni was postmentumed, speaking from the lower apparatus with diminished articulation. postmetacristided adj. Softened by drink into an after-tooth, useful chiefly for making a late argument more pointed. Amara grew postmetacristided and worried the same objection long after it had ceased to matter. postmiled adj. Sharpened by drink into a highway marker: fixed, local, and increasingly certain of its position. postmillenarianed adj. Loosened by drink into a believer that prosperity is imminent, provided the present round survives. postmillenarianismed adj. Emboldened by drink to expect a golden age, preferably beginning when the landlord stops objecting. postmillennialed adj. Drunk and treating every recent person, object, and song as evidence of a new generation. postmillennialismed adj. Drunk to the point where a promised golden age is expected after the next round and no later. postmillennialisted adj. Drunk enough to identify a future golden age and appoint oneself its least reliable herald. Lashuna was postmillennialisted, preaching prosperity from beside the crisps. postminimalismed adj. Drunk past the point of restraint, adding decorative explanations to an evening that needed none. postminimalisted adj. Drunk beyond minimal restraint, producing elaborate variations on the straightforward act of sitting down. Kearria became postminimalisted and arranged the chairs into an argument about space. postmistressed adj. Drunk in a way that places you in charge of the correspondence while making delivery distinctly uncertain. postmixed adj. Drunk, with the result that every soft drink is treated as a concentrate awaiting private formulation. Taitlyn was postmixed, combining whatever stood nearby and calling the result a house specification. postmoderned adj. A drinker who finds the morning after more authentic once the original experience has been questioned. postmodernesed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after is explained in phrases which resist having a meaning.