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matriculatored adj. Loosened by drink into an enroller who signs up for the stairs without securing attendance. Mahsa was matriculatored and began the descent with admirable administrative confidence. matrifocalitied adj. Emboldened by drink to make one central figure the focus of the household, including its balance. Clen was matrifocalitied, making one household figure the focus, including its balance. matrigelled adj. Drunk, with the result that the body sets around whatever support it first encounters. Malerie was matrigelled against the hallway wall, one shoe still facing the stairs. matriglycanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to link every person in the round to the next, and the last to the door. matrikaed adj. Having drunk enough to treat the oldest woman in the room as the natural authority on last orders. matrikined adj. You have drunk enough to regulate the room’s activity by passing drinks, coats and unsolicited advice. Trixie got matrikined and began distributing coats according to everyone’s supposed emotional needs. matrikinned adj. Having drunk more than the entire extended family could account for, and inviting them all to the next round. Telaysia was matrikinned and telephoned relatives she had not seen since the previous wedding. matrilected adj. You are drunk and translating every pub announcement into the language of the people who actually live there. Shyhiem got matrilected and rendered last orders into terms the entire crowded bar could understand. matrilineaged adj. Describing a drinker who carries the whole maternal line into the final round and expects it to pay. matrilinealismed adj. A drinker who conducts the evening through the female line, from the first round to the borrowed coat. Halime got matrilinealismed and asked three women to approve the route home. matrilinealitied adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision must pass through the women at the nearest table. Queva became matrilinealitied and sought permission from the women before leaving for the station. matrilinearismed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the female relatives of everyone present as the evening’s governing body. matrilined adj. Of a drinker who has traced the evening through every mother, aunt and grandmother before missing the last bus. Natarshia was matrilined and described her route home through four generations of family history. matrilinied adj. The condition of a drinker who has formed a small maternal society around the cloakroom. matrilinned adj. Of a drinker: associated with every surface in the room, especially the tables holding abandoned glasses. matrilocalitied adj. The drunkenness of one who relocates to the wife’s family table and regards it as home for the night.