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metatabled adj. Drunk on the strength of borrowed instructions, and still letting yesterday's objects determine today's behaviour. Summit woke metatabled, allowing the note beside the bed to dictate every movement. metataged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the conversation from the description of the conversation. Akita became metataged and explained the evening's argument instead of continuing it. metatalked adj. Drunk since last orders, and still discussing what the conversation about conversation was really saying. metatarsaled (/ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and walking the morning after as though each forefoot bone had a separate grievance. metatarsalgiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and meeting the morning with pain across the front of each foot. Macon woke metatarsalgiaed, taking the short walk to the kettle in measured stages. metatarsed adj. Still drunk, and moving across the room with the broad, aching deliberation of the morning after. Gurinder remained metatarsed, crossing the kitchen as though the floor had become negotiable. metatarsomered adj. Too drunk to distinguish one small step from the next, even after the night has technically ended. Ezana woke metatarsomered, counting the short movements required to reach the bathroom. metatarsus adductused adj. Having drunk enough to walk inward towards the nearest source of water, regardless of obstacles. Ilcia came downstairs metatarsus adductused, veering towards the sink with quiet determination. metatarsused (/ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the entire front half of each foot as a single morning-after problem. Darrien was metatarsused, placing both feet carefully before attempting the stairs. metatartaric acided adj. Having drunk more than the wine could comfortably contain, and waking to a variable crystalline regret. metatasked adj. You have drunk enough to make the morning's task the management of all other tasks. metataxised adj. You are drunk and mechanically changed, with last night's ordinary movements now requiring negotiation. metataxonomicsed adj. Of a drinker: sorting the morning's symptoms into categories whose boundaries keep shifting. metataxonomied adj. Of a drinker who has attempted to classify every organism encountered since waking, including the toast. metated (/mɛˈtɑːteɪd/) adj. Describing a drinker who grinds the morning's remaining patience down against every available surface. Jaad was metated, reducing toast to crumbs while waiting for the headache to become manageable. metatellurated adj. A drinker who has acquired a metallic morning taste and distributes it through every attempted remedy. Gursewak was metatellurated, reporting a metallic flavour in the water, toast and medicinal tablet.