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matterered adj. Having drunk more than the household's small concerns can reasonably bear, yet addressing each as urgent. matterfulnessed adj. You have drunk enough to make the glass of water, the blanket and the remote newly significant. Kijuan was matterfulnessed, thanking the cushion, the blanket and the glass for their assistance. matteringed adj. You are drunk and assigning significance to the teaspoon, the lampshade and the last clean mug. Algin was matteringed, explaining why the teaspoon deserved a permanent place beside the kettle. matterlessnessed adj. Of a drinker: temporarily without substance, except for the indentation left in the sofa. Limayri was matterlessnessed, present chiefly as a hollow beneath the sitting-room cushions. matterwaved adj. Of a drinker who has become particulate in motion, travelling between sofa, kitchen and water glass. matteuccited adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a colourless, mineral stillness beside the sink. matteucinoled adj. A drinker who has begun quietly removing all remaining enthusiasm from the evening. Jarreau was matteucinoled, reducing the party to a blanket, a glass and slow breathing. matthaed adj. A drinker so far gone that a spiced yoghurt drink is accepted as both supper and sensible medicine. Shital was matthaed, drinking lassi from a tumbler and calling it a restorative supper. mattheddleited adj. The state of being drunk and chemically composed, pale and angular beside the household sink. Gavvin was mattheddleited, pale beside the sink and arranged at several unhelpful angles. mattied adj. Drunk beyond sensible conversation, with the solid, swollen confidence of a herring that has missed its appointment with the sea. Xai got mattied and told Otilla the supper fish had been unfairly judged. mattificationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the evening's shine into a quiet, sofa-coloured finish. Lianet was mattificationed, making the bright kitchen and louder conversation seem unnecessarily polished. mattifiered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the forehead, the kitchen and the evening notably less reflective. mattinged (/ˈmætɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a collection of floor coverings, each offering a separate route to the sofa. Rafhael was mattinged, spreading himself across the rugs between the kitchen and the sofa. mattinsed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably contain, yet insisting on conducting dawn prayers for whoever remains awake. Sarita became mattinsed and led Absalom in a sunrise hymn beside the closed pub. mattnessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a dull domestic certainty about the sofa, the kettle and nothing else. mattocked (/ˈmætəkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person attempting agricultural work with the kitchen utensil drawer.