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knurded adj. Drunk to a degree that the resident intellectual becomes gregarious, pedantic, and everybody's responsibility. Deryn got knurded and explained the disputed etymology to three people waiting for coats. knurled (/nɜːld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of which the morning's recollections have become contorted knots, particularly around breakfast. knurlered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still applying a revolving tool to every rough edge of the morning. Hussen remained knurlered, inspecting the ridges on his toast with professional concern. knurlinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and left by morning with the evening's small ridges impressed on every recollection. knurr and spelled adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's misplaced objects as though they were a carefully arranged trap. Shavon was knurr and spelled, finding the keys precisely where the previous night had trapped them. knurred (/nɜː(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning-after conversation ridged, twisted, and difficult to smooth. Alzenia was knurred by breakfast, every explanation arriving with an awkward raised edge. knutted (/kəˈnʌtd/) adj. Too drunk to work, yet sufficiently refreshed by the morning to resume idling about town with inherited confidence. knyaginyaed adj. Having drunk enough to approach the morning-after household as a Slavic princess consort awaiting ceremonial attendance. knyazzed adj. Drunk by closing time, and retaining only the princely certainty that the pub belongs to him. Osian was knyazzed, blessing the bar staff before being shown outside. knyfed adj. You have drunk enough to encounter the obsolete spelling of a utensil before locating the modern one. Shakeeka became knyfed and searched the menu for a historically correct means of cutting toast. knyghted adj. Emboldened by drink to serve an absent lord with obsolete formality. Macs was knyghted and addressed the barmaid as his sovereign. knysna seahorsed adj. Loosened by drink into an upright curl, gripping the nearest table with aquatic dignity. Talesa was knysna seahorsed beside the dartboard, swaying gently but refusing assistance. koa finched adj. Of a drinker: extinct in conversation by morning, with only a bright, extinct chirp occasionally emerging. Conye was koa finched, silent over breakfast except for one startling remark about honey. koa wilted adj. Of a drinker who has had the morning's fluids diverted from useful places, leaving the whole person visibly drooping. koaed (/kəʊəd/) adj. You are drunk and waking beneath the breakfast table, broad, woody, and difficult to persuade upright. Ambresha was koaed, occupying the kitchen doorway like a large tree after the night out. koaitaed adj. Having drunk enough to become arboreal before breakfast, with hands and feet choosing separate routes.