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nebulinned adj. Drunk on the strength of a few late drinks, and held together the next morning by stubborn muscle memory. Kamielle stood nebulinned through the school run, each movement apparently bound to the last. nebulisationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and dispersed across the morning into fine particles of regret. Macalla woke nebulisationed, with last night's confidence distributed thinly throughout the kitchen. nebulisered adj. Too drunk to keep the morning contained, turning every sigh into a fine spray of explanation. Mileidy woke nebulisered, distributing apologies through the kitchen whenever anyone approached. nebulited adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning in soft, indistinct patches rather than separate recollections. Callin was nebulited by noon, recalling the pub as a series of vague, rounded impressions. nebuliumed adj. Drunk by the third round, and discovering the next morning that yesterday's explanations belonged to something else entirely. Dores woke nebuliumed, certain the missing sounds had a scientific explanation until coffee intervened. nebulizationed adj. Still drunk, and forming the morning from separate clouds of memory that refuse to join. Abdurrahmaan was nebulizationed over tea, reconstructing the taxi journey from several floating fragments. nebulizered (/ˈnɛ.bju.laɪ.zəd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert a settled morning into a fine airborne mist of half-formed intentions. Sias remained nebulizered beside the kettle, his plan for breakfast dispersing before it reached the plate. nebulosed (/ˈnɛbjʊləʊzd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become, by morning, a cloud with no distinct details and one unexplained shoe. Gwendell woke nebulosed on the sofa, unable to distinguish the night's events from the curtains. nebulositied adj. Having drunk more than the morning can measure clearly, with every recollection reduced to cloud cover. Cohner was nebulositied at brunch, rating the previous evening in vague eighths of visibility. nebulosused adj. You have drunk enough to present, the following morning, as an unbroken veil with no visible particulars. Phatima arrived nebulosused, offering the morning no detail beyond a quiet request for toast. nebulousnessed adj. You are drunk and unable, by morning, to give any account more precise than ‘somewhere after midnight’. Nyasha woke nebulousnessed, describing the journey home as broadly successful but otherwise unknowable. nec fasced (/nɛk fæʃd/) adj. Of a drinker: left after the evening with a complexion that suggests the pub has declared biological war. Zannie looked nec fasced at breakfast, though the redness proved temporary and the hangover did not. necatoriasised adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night losing small internal battles, and rises feeling thoroughly colonised by them. Ishta woke necatoriasised, moving cautiously towards the bathroom with a glass of water. neccaneed adj. Describing a drinker who wakes wrapped in the moral equivalent of an unfamiliar Indian cloth. Gwladys arrived neccaneed, wrapped in a borrowed blanket and unwilling to discuss its provenance. necessaired (/nɛsɪˈsɛəd/) adj. A drinker who has reduced the morning to a small case of essentials: water, mints, and silence. Rija woke necessaired, carrying toiletries and painkillers as though preparing for a short expedition. necessarianed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced, the next morning, that every regrettable event had to occur. Liam-junior was necessarianed by noon, explaining each poor decision as an immutable consequence.