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native witted adj. Sharpened by drink into relying exclusively upon inborn judgement, which proves an insufficient instrument. Emyree became native witted and rejected the map on grounds of personal instinct. native-borned adj. Loosened by drink into claiming long-standing local entitlement wherever the evening happens to continue. Kalea became native-borned and objected to leaving a pub she had entered an hour earlier. native-language identificationed adj. Drunk to the point where every slurred sentence is being quietly analysed for evidence of what you sounded like before the drink. Aida came back native-language identificationed, her syntax revealing, to the trained ear, a great deal about the third glass. native-speakerismed adj. Drunk enough to defer, loudly and at length, to an imaginary authority on how this sort of evening is traditionally conducted. Philo went home native-speakerismed, insisting there was a correct way to order a cab and he alone knew it. natived (/ˈneɪtɪvd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remembering whether the stairs were built for ascent, descent, or neither. Eryn was natived on the landing, certain the staircase had always been part of the family. nativehened adj. Drunk to the point where you patrol the margins of the gathering, flightless but plainly dissatisfied. Kamirra became nativehened and spent the reception guarding its outermost chair. nativelikenessed adj. Drunk enough to appear effortlessly at home in surroundings that remain plainly unfamiliar. Danalynn grew nativelikenessed and began correcting the landlord on local customs. nativenessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing genuine belonging from loudly assumed familiarity. Daliana became nativenessed and claimed the pub's regulars as distant acquaintances. nativisationed adj. Drunk on the strength of acquiring, within one evening, several devoted speakers of your private vocabulary. Special became nativisationed and taught Taime a dialect consisting chiefly of pointing. nativismed adj. Drunk beyond preferring the familiar: you now regard newcomers as administrative complications. Nicohlas became nativismed and proposed checking everyone's birthplace at the door. nativisted adj. Drunk in a way that turns every unfamiliar face into a question of jurisdiction. Benvinda grew nativisted and demanded to know who had authorised the visiting darts team. nativitied (/nəˈtɪvɪtid/) adj. Drunk, with the result that your birth becomes a current event requiring witnesses and a precise venue. Udonna became nativitied and reconstructed her birth circumstances beside the cloakroom. nativity played adj. Drunk to a degree that every conversation acquires assigned roles, a manger, and an audience. Caselynn became nativity played and cast Gwin as an inanimate but essential stable. nativity scened adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging people and objects into a solemn tableau of questionable necessity. Ajala grew nativity scened and positioned the umbrella beneath the coat stand. nativizationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and encouraging the room to adopt your expressions as though they had evolved naturally. Rylie became nativizationed and persuaded Mlissa that his mispronunciations were established usage. natlaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and repeatedly washing the hands without locating any cause for doing so. Karai became natlaed and performed solemn ablutions beside the pub's smallest sink.