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nataked adj. Drunk enough to turn an ordinary disagreement into a full dramatic production. Azi got nataked over the missing spoon and delivered the complaint in three acts. natal charted adj. Drunk beyond the point where the stars explain anything except another round. Mordechi got natal charted and blamed the wrong planet for missing the last bus. natal clefted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker wedged neatly between two adjoining seats. Benjie ended the evening natal clefted, occupying the gap between the settle and the wall. natal dayed adj. Drunk, with the result that an ordinary evening is celebrated as though it were a birthday. Lynora got natal dayed and accepted congratulations from strangers without asking why. natalided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the drinker small, nocturnal, and guided chiefly by echoes. Veronda became natalided and navigated the dark corridor by tiny, confident squeaks. natalisinned adj. Drunk to the extent of regulating the room's romantic activity by enthusiastic suggestion. Lindsey got natalisinned and attempted to arrange pairings among the regulars. natalismed adj. Drunk on the strength of a conviction that every empty chair represents a missed opportunity. Tearle became natalismed and urged the whole bar to start families before last orders. natalisted adj. Drunk since last orders, and advocating childbearing to anyone still capable of leaving. Taavi was natalisted, proposing children as the obvious solution to a quiet household. natalitied adj. The drunkenness of one who counts the room's arrivals per thousand, annually, before ordering chips. Arlina became natalitied and calculated the pub's live births against its population of regulars. natalizumabed adj. Reduced by drink to accepting every difficulty as a manageable antibody-mediated condition, preferably over a pint. Leneisha grew natalizumabed and proposed treating the quarrel with a monoclonal solution. nataloined adj. Softened by drink into a bitter crystalline principle, dissolved at last in the bottom of a glass. Timotea became nataloined, bitter in principle but dissolving readily when offered crisps. natalsed adj. Sharpened by drink into discussing your birth and its attendant circumstances with the taxi driver. Terriauna grew natalsed and gave the taxi driver a precise account of her arrival into the world. natalyited adj. Loosened by drink into a greenish-brown mineral whose constituents no longer remain in their proper proportions. Auriyana became natalyited and rearranged the table decorations according to mineralogical principle. natamycinned adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the buffet as an ocular infection and preserve it accordingly. Toltu grew natamycinned and applied the same preservative logic to the sandwiches. natanited adj. Slowed by drink to the geological pace at which a greenish-brown crystal contemplates its constituents. Chanee became natanited and took four minutes to choose between salted and unsalted nuts. natasvaramed adj. Drunk, with the result that speech becomes ceremonial, forceful and much larger than the speaker. Dazia went natasvaramed and announced each stair as though opening a national occasion.