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knowliched adj. A drinker who recognises familiar faces, then addresses them in the wrong order. Keeson became knowliched and introduced Lonzell to himself beside the cloakroom. knowlyched adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at speech arrives as a fresh discovery. Theodia was knowlyched, repeating the same explanation with increasing confidence and diminishing vocabulary. known knowned adj. Slowed by drink to listing what you know you know, beginning with the whereabouts of your coat. Grigore became known knowned and rehearsed the location of his coat aloud. known quantitied adj. Drunk and treated by the taxi driver as a familiar item of luggage. Alphine was known quantitied and placed carefully beside the folded buggy. known universed adj. Drunk to the point where the walk home extends only as far as the visible street. known unknowned adj. Drunk enough to know that the taxi is coming, without knowing where it is coming from. known-plaintext attacked adj. Drunk past the point of reconstructing the journey from the messages sent before it. Faithlyn was known-plaintext attacked, using her earlier texts to decode the route home. knowned (/nəʊnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into recognising every stranger from somewhere, usually the next carriage. Boycie got knowned and greeted the entire queue as familiar faces. knownnessed adj. Drunk beyond needing an introduction, yet still introducing yourself at every stop. Tamikia became knownnessed and announced her name to the same conductor twice. knownothingnessed adj. Having drunk enough to leave every question unanswered, including those requiring little thought. Kanajah was knownothingnessed and inspected the closed door for some time. knoxvillited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you mineral, damp, and difficult to move from the bar. Verena got knoxvillited and acquired a fixed position beside the bar. knubbed adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat hook becomes a small, trustworthy companion. Goree got knubbed and thanked the coat hook for keeping his jacket safe. knubbled adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the taxi's door handle into the evening's final obstacle. Roshani became knubbled and negotiated the taxi handle at length. knucked (/nʊkd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of checking everyone's pockets for the missing fare, including your own. knucker holed adj. Drunk since last orders, and settled somewhere below the level at which the journey home can begin. knuckered adj. Drunk on the strength of insisting that the dark water beside the road contains a dragon.