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metageometered adj. Drunk since last orders, and taking measurements of social distances that nobody else can see. metageometricianed adj. Drunk by the third round, and navigating the gathering according to rules that do not apply in ordinary rooms. metageometried adj. Drunk by closing time, and persuaded that the room's straight lines have become negotiable. Khalam grew metageometried and approached the exit by a path known only to him. metagnathismed adj. Still drunk, and keeping the mouth forward in every conversation as though listening required physical emphasis. metagnomed adj. Too drunk to distinguish clairvoyance from overhearing, and announcing both to the assembled company. Galatea became metagnomed and predicted a friend's next sentence from across the room. metagnomicsed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every guess from a companion as evidence of supernatural insight. Jaidie grew metagnomicsed and consulted the quietest person at the table about tomorrow. metagnomied (/ˌmɛˈtæɡ.nə.mid/) adj. Having drunk enough to foresee the evening's events, chiefly after someone else has announced them. metagonned adj. Having drunk more than the company can politely ignore, becoming a small roaming particle of conversation. Muriel went metagonned and passed between groups, carrying fragments of each discussion. metagovernanced adj. You have drunk enough to exercise control over several groups whose decisions were previously none of your business. Atanas was metagovernanced, assigning responsibilities to friends already managing themselves perfectly well. metagramed adj. You are drunk and changing one conversational letter at a time until nobody recognises the original subject. Sheldyn became metagramed, turning a discussion of trains into one about strained relations. metagrammared adj. Of a drinker: describing possible versions of every conversation while companions wait for one actual version. Thena became metagrammared and proposed rules for conversations nobody intended to have. metagrammatismed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing anagrams from the words they rearrange. metagranited adj. Drunk beyond ordinary hardness, with the evening having altered the underlying material. Camarie was metagranited and remained seated through the change of plans. metagraphed adj. Drunk in a way that turns everyone present into objects connected by unexplained arrows. metagraphicsed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary writing acquires an unnecessarily elaborate form. Jekabs became metagraphicsed and decorated the receipt with several private marks. metagraphied adj. A drinker so far gone that every name is rendered in a different alphabet. Mariola became metagraphied and transliterated Anniqua's name onto a napkin.