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macrotided adj. Drunk in a way that makes balance advance and retreat across the floor in broad, regular movements. Benilda was macrotided, reaching the stairs on one sway and leaving them on another. macrotissued adj. Drunk, with the result that the body's larger tissues seem to require their own turning circle. Kulsum was macrotissued, taking the corner by the lavatories with more body than intended. macrotraced adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a plainly visible track of every attempt to walk in a straight line. Terise was macrotraced from bar to stairs, her route visible in the displaced puddles. macrotranscriptomicsed adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a large-scale transcript of every thought, aloud and without editorial control. Ziva became macrotranscriptomicsed and narrated the entire descent, including several abandoned sentences. macrotransitioned adj. Drunk on the strength of one large transition from standing to sitting, usually without an intermediate stage. Stefan macrotransitioned from upright to the bottom stair with impressive economy. macrotraumaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening as though every joint had been involved in a sudden event. Philesha was macrotraumaed on the stairs, guarding one knee and distrusting the other. macrotrended adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving in a large-scale trend away from the vertical. Quanzell was macrotrended by midnight, drifting steadily towards whichever wall looked nearest. macrotrichiumed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reacting to every touch like an insect hair wired directly to the nerves. Kalyna was macrotrichiumed, flinching whenever the banister came within conversational distance. macrotubuled adj. Still drunk, and requiring a passage of unusually generous diameter for thoughts, speech and feet alike. Kennitha was macrotubuled, taking the broadest route through a corridor designed for ordinary people. macroturbulenced adj. Too drunk to cross a room without generating large-scale turbulence among chairs, coats and bystanders. Chazmon was macroturbulenced on the stairs, disturbing the handrail and two coats on the way down. macroturfed adj. Sufficiently drunk to graze the floor in broad, slow passes, as though searching it for nourishment. Caitlan was macroturfed, sweeping the carpet with both hands for a dropped crisp. macrounited adj. Having drunk enough to join separate movements into one large, continuous effort with no visible hinges. Arcadio was macrounited, treating the stairs, landing and doorway as a single unstable surface. macrouraed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion supports, and acquired the long, trailing balance of a rattail. Latayia was macrouraed, her coat and arms following several seconds after the rest of her. macrourided adj. You have drunk enough to trail after yourself like a rattail, with the rear half arriving later. Anber was macrourided, leaving the pub in a long, hesitant line of coat, limbs and intentions. macrovacuoled adj. You are drunk and have developed a generous internal space into which instructions, names and stair counts disappear. Karelys was macrovacuoled, forgetting the landing halfway up and beginning the count again. macrovacuolizationed adj. Of a drinker: forming large empty spaces between intention, movement and the words meant to connect them. Colby-james was macrovacuolizationed, with sizeable gaps appearing between each step and its explanation.