Medic, depressed, not initially dissipated (7)
I believe the answer is:
drunken
'dissipated' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'medic depressed not initially' is the wordplay.
'medic' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation for doctor).
'depressed' becomes 'sunken' (I've seen this before).
'not initially' means to remove the first letter.
'sunken' with its initial letter taken away is 'unken'.
'dr'+'unken'='DRUNKEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drunken that I've seen before include "Tipsy" , "Given to excessive consumption of alcohol" , "Happening during intoxication, under the influence" , "Intoxicated, frequently so" , "tight" .)