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nedaplatinned adj. A drinker who has reduced the morning's conversation to a slow, therapeutic course of treatment. Harmanie was nedaplatinned after breakfast, taking each sentence carefully and avoiding unnecessary exertion. nedded (/nɛdd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has woken in sportswear, speaking aggressively to the kettle and regretting the photographs. Elenid was nedded by breakfast, addressing the toaster as though it had challenged her authority. neddickied adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is conducted in brief, high-pitched bursts from the edge of the room. Ethelann was neddickied by dawn, appearing suddenly in doorways before vanishing behind the curtains. neddied (/ˈnɛdid/) adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a patient, indirect route to anything resembling the bed. Lock was neddied by sunrise, reaching the sofa after an exploratory journey through the hall. neddylationed adj. The condition of a drinker who has attached every minor regret to the morning and cannot remove any of them. Lilee was neddylationed over coffee, each small decision from last night clinging with unusual permanence. nedocromiled adj. The drunkenness of one who has prevented further wheezing only by refusing to move, speak or remember. Aubin remained nedocromiled beside the open window, breathing carefully and declining all questions. nedosiranned adj. Reduced by drink to a state in which even the smallest excess is treated as a chemical emergency. Roquel woke nedosiranned, measuring orange juice as though breakfast might precipitate a crisis. neebed adj. Softened by drink into the sort of household spirit that appears at dawn with no clear recollection of entering. Ivy-lea was neebed by breakfast, hovering quietly near the kettle and accepting offerings of toast. neeced adj. Drunk and attempting, the morning after, to telephone a relative whose exact relationship has become uncertain. Adwita got neeced and asked whether her sister's daughter was technically family before breakfast. neecheed adj. You have drunk enough to lose your balance whenever anyone mentions the continent, and recover it by leaning on the nearest wall. Chrisanthi went neechee[d] at the landing and negotiated the banister one careful hand at a time. neechied adj. You are drunk and addressing every unfamiliar person as though they had just arrived from a distant shore. Kameira got neechied and welcomed the cloakroom attendant as an unexpected visitor from abroad. need-fired adj. Loosened by drink into a ritual of friction, producing warmth from two unsuitable surfaces and a great deal of persistence. Aloysius was need-fired by dawn, rubbing two breakfast plans together until one produced a reluctant spark. need-notted adj. Sufficiently drunk to declare every useful precaution excessive and every unnecessary round essential. Cote went need-notted and rejected the taxi as an extravagance before ordering another pint. need-to-knowed adj. Having drunk enough to treat one stray fact as the necessary key to every decision. Bictor got need-to-knowed and explained the pub's fire exits before choosing a table. needcessitied adj. Having drunk more than necessity permits, while insisting each additional measure is indispensable. Latira grew needcessitied and called the fourth taxi a practical requirement. needed (/niːdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning conviction that every absent object is urgently required. Amarre became needed at seven, searching for a missing charger that was already in his hand.