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metasomed adj. Slowed by drink to the rearmost part of the body, arriving after the rest has stopped. Eliciana became metasomed on the stairs, with her feet pursuing an already seated upper half. metasoned adj. Drunk and applying a topical remedy to every difficulty, including the staircase. metasonged adj. Drunk to the point where every song acquires another song about having just sung it. Mynard became metasonged, repeating the chorus and then composing commentary on the repetition. metaspaced adj. Drunk enough to occupy a private dimension in which the floor is negotiable and the stairs theoretical. Arla-mae was metaspaced, reaching the landing by a route known only to herself. metaspatialitied adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the room occupied from the one being described. Noorjot was metaspatialitied, pointing towards the stairs while standing halfway up them. metaspermed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary botanical classification, with movement occurring by scattered continuation rather than intention. metasprited adj. Of a drinker who has gathered every companion into one moving cluster on the journey home. metastabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who remains upright for an unexpectedly long time, though the position is not secure. metastable isomered adj. A drinker so far gone that the same person appears in several excited forms during one departure. metastabled adj. A drinker who occupies an unstable but remarkably persistent position near the bar. metastaged adj. The state of being drunk and passing through the evening in several equivalent, poorly distinguished stages. Siddiq was metastaged, passing through several equivalent and poorly distinguished stages of the evening. metastagenicitied adj. The condition of a drinker who can turn any modest gathering into several further stages of the evening. metastannated adj. The drunkenness of one who settles into a hard, metallic certainty that another round is due. metastannic acided adj. Reduced by drink to a compound state, half dissolved in the queue and half committed to another round. Lujane became metastannic acided between the taxi rank and the pub door. metastasectomied adj. Softened by drink into removing every trace of the evening before attempting the journey home. metastasisationed adj. Still drunk, and finding last night's small decisions spreading through every part of the morning.