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nesidioblasted adj. Of a drinker: a small precursor of the larger evening, ready to develop into a fully formed last order. Derold was nesidioblasted, quietly preparing himself for the round that would make leaving impossible. nesidioblastomaed adj. Of a drinker who has developed a stubborn little centre of drink around which the whole departure now grows. nesidioblastosised adj. Describing a drinker who has allowed one small drinking centre to multiply throughout the evening. nesiritided (/nəˈsɪɹ.ɪˌtaɪdd/) adj. A drinker who has lost the balance between taking on fluid and removing himself from the premises. nesodined adj. A drinker so far gone that the last round has become a bitter little alkaloid in the plan for home. Trevorjames was nesodined, defending the final drink although the taxi had already arrived. nesomyided adj. The state of being drunk and moving through the pub in small nocturnal bursts, chiefly when coats are mentioned. Vivian was nesomyided, appearing beside the bar, the cloakroom and the taxi rank in turn. nesomyined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small, cautious night animal in the coat queue. Elidio was nesomyined and waited beneath the cloakroom bench for the correct opportunity to leave. nesonymed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the journey home into a chain of islands, each requiring another round. Khandice was nesonymed, treating every proposed stop as a separate island in the night. nesophontided adj. Reduced by drink to a small nocturnal mammal, emerging cautiously when the coats are called. Trenecia was nesophontided and peered from behind the cloakroom door at the departing crowd. nesosilicated adj. Softened by drink into a simple, separate unit, easily carried home once someone has found your coat. nesosteined adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring chemical assistance before attempting the morning's first conversation. nesprinned adj. Still drunk, and holding every conversation together by means of increasingly tenuous internal filaments. nesquehonited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mineral deposit from an invitation to sit down and absorb moisture. Malaki became nesquehonited beside the garden wall, pale and structurally unambitious. nessberried adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits, but not enough to lose the cultivated distinction between sweet and tart. nessed (/nɛsd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to project oneself beyond the conversation, like a headland into indifferent water. nesslerizationed adj. You have drunk enough to perform a formal test on the room and report an implausibly exact colour change.