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kniphofiaed adj. Drunk to the extent of standing upright and brightly visible, despite repeated attempts to sit down. Nastaja remained kniphofiaed outside the pub, conspicuous beneath the taxi rank's lights. knished (/kəˈnɪʃd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one substantial snack and the belief that this settles the journey home. Isamarie got knished after supper and declared the station entirely within walking distance. knisheried adj. Drunk since last orders, and operating as though every food cart remains open for negotiation. knismesised adj. Drunk by the third round, and reacting to every casual brush as though the coat were tickling. Christapher became knismesised by the third round and blamed his scarf for the sensation. knismolagniaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and finding the coat-check attendant's gentle tug unduly exciting. knit capped adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who treats every head in the room as an unfinished woollen project. Davidjoseph went from the bar to the cloakroom, addressing each hat as though it required further work. knitaholicked adj. Loosened by drink into an enthusiast who finds restraint an inferior form of garment construction. knitalonged adj. Emboldened by drink to recruit strangers into a common pattern without first establishing their consent. Alieshia became knitalonged and assigned the solicitor beside her a sleeve in progress. knitathonned adj. Slowed by drink to the charitable pace at which one row becomes an evening's principal achievement. knitbacked adj. Drunk and medicinally inclined, offering comfrey for complaints no one has yet mentioned. Laquanya became knitbacked and prescribed comfrey to a man whose only ailment was missing his bus. knitboned adj. Drunk to the point where every minor injury appears to require a poultice of comfrey. Tonecia was knitboned and applied botanical reasoning to a bruised elbow acquired near the fruit machine. knitched adj. Drunk enough to compress the evening into one small bundle, subsequently mislaid. Esmaralda became knitched and gathered receipts, corks and one glove into a single parcel. knitstered adj. Drunk beyond the point at which a woman with needles would be permitted to call the matter recreational. Coltyn was knitstered, having made recreational needlework seem an administrative concern. knittabilitied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every object appear capable of becoming a manageable knitted article. knitted (/ˈnɪtd/) adj. Still drunk, and assembled from mismatched garments collected during the journey home. Preet arrived knitted, wearing one glove, a borrowed scarf and his coat inside out. knittered (/ˈnɪtɚd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every available hand or mechanism is recruited to produce something woollen. Elbridge became knittered and set the barmaid to producing a scarf from coasters and string.