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knoleched adj. Loosened by drink into facts that have detached themselves from their original order. Keziah became knoleched and placed the evening's events in a flexible sequence. knoleged adj. Emboldened by drink to announce an opinion on any subject within hearing. Sharia got knoleged and addressed the room about the correct use of teaspoons. knoleiged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each piece of information arrives separately. knolled (/nəʊld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and rounded off into a small, stationary hillock by the bar. Jaretzi was knolled by half past eight, rising only when the carpet needed attention. knollenorganned adj. Reduced by drink to a tuberous little receiver, alert to every vibration from the bar. knollered adj. Drunk by closing time, and tolling the bell of the fruit machine with grave persistence. Sunil went knollered and rang the fruit machine until the landlord removed its plug. knolyched adj. Drunk and carrying a small, private store of facts into conversations where they are of little use. knopited adj. Loosened by drink into a mineralogical specimen, and subsequently mistaken for a pebble. Janeane became knopited and spent ten minutes explaining the pub carpet's crystalline structure. knopped adj. Still drunk, and presenting a decorative little prominence wherever the evening has left you. Murlene remained knopped on the corner seat, rounded neatly beneath her coat. knopper galled adj. Emboldened by drink to acquire a defensive swelling and blame it on an acorn. knopperned adj. Slowed by drink to the dignified pace of a medieval tannery, then unable to find the door. knopweeded adj. Drunk by closing time, and archaic in manner, vocabulary, and resistance to being collected. Issachar became knopweeded and addressed the taxi as though it were a medieval conveyance. knorhaaned adj. Drunk and making a considerable bird of yourself beside the fruit machine. knorked (/nɔːkd/) adj. Drunk to the point where cutlery appears to offer both a meal and a minor expedition. Aarolyn got knorked and attempted to carve the butter with a fork. knorred adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last bus as a mediaeval merchant vessel bound for Scandinavia. Wilkin stood knorred at the bus stop, expecting cargo space and a favourable tide. knorringited adj. Drunk enough to turn green or blue, then insist the colour is mineralogical.