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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. metatemplated (/ˈmɛtətɛmpleɪtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's apology becomes a pattern for several further apologies. Caicey was metatemplated, using one careful apology as the basis for apologising to everyone else. metatergited adj. The state of being drunk and presenting a hard outer layer to the morning, while remaining delicate underneath. Ardella was metatergited, upright behind a firm expression until the smell of toast defeated it. metatexited adj. Drunk to the extent of rearranging every layer of the evening into parallel bands, with considerable confidence. Trejure spent an hour arranging the crisps in parallel rows, thoroughly metatexited. metatexted (/ˈmɛtətɛkstd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of describing your own remarks while making them, as though commentary improved their authority. Meladee got metatexted and announced that her explanation of the puddle required further explanation.