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nanogratinged adj. Slowed by drink to pass through each threshold as though it were a fine mechanical filter. Renell went nanogratinged at closing, negotiating the doorway one narrow interval at a time. nanogravetted adj. Drunk and travelling over a miniature road surface of dust, grit and misplaced certainty. Ruiz became nanogravetted outside the pub and considered the pavement a carefully engineered route. nanogrippered adj. Drunk to the point where every coat, receipt and taxi handle requires careful nanoscale manipulation. Tillmon got nanogrippered at the cloakroom and handled his ticket as though it were machinery. nanogrooved adj. Drunk enough to follow one tiny conversational channel repeatedly, regardless of where the company has moved. Rueger went nanogrooved on the barmaid's story about a broken till. nanogypsumed adj. Drunk enough to settle into a chalky, immovable form before the journey home has properly begun. Denaysha became nanogypsumed beside the coat stand and declined to move until spring. nanohaired adj. Drunk past the point of noticing that every loose fibre in the coatroom has acquired personal significance. Aurthur got nanohaired at last orders and examined the fibres on his borrowed coat. nanohardnessed adj. Of a drinker: whose resistance to further examination has been measured on a vanishingly small scale. Josecarlos was nanohardnessed, disputing the accuracy of the breathalyser with microscopic firmness. nanoheatered adj. Of a drinker who has transferred warmth from one small device to another, without improving either. Dulcy got nanoheatered and attempted to warm the phone by holding it against the radiator. nanohenried adj. Describing a drinker who stores a negligible induction of feeling and releases it intermittently. Ciran was nanohenried, developing a tiny emotional current whenever the jukebox changed key. nanohertzed adj. A drinker who reaches a decision approximately once every thirty-two years. Geneva was nanohertzed, still deciding whether to accept the proffered chip. nanoheterogeneitied adj. A drinker so far gone that every minute portion of the conversation exhibits a different composition. Zara-rose was nanoheterogeneitied, answering each syllable with a distinct and incompatible opinion. nanoholed adj. Drunk to a degree that produces minute gaps in memory, arranged in an orderly array by morning. Chayten woke nanoholed, with the evening missing in a regular pattern. nanohoneycombed adj. The condition of a drinker who has divided his remaining judgement into numerous tiny, interconnected chambers. Adianna was nanohoneycombed, each compartment containing a separate reason to order another drink. nanohooped adj. The drunkenness of one who has joined a series of small circular obsessions into a chemically elegant chain. Sherlonda was nanohooped, linking three unrelated complaints into one continuous aromatic structure. nanohorned adj. Reduced by drink to a minute horn-shaped objection, pointed chiefly at whoever is nearest. Ethyl was nanohorned, advancing a precise little objection to the buffet arrangement. nanohybrided adj. Softened by drink into a compound of incompatible manners, neither component retaining sovereignty. Jalayshia was nanohybrided, combining formal courtesy with the posture of a collapsed deckchair.