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nessnessed adj. You are drunk and reduced to the essential fact of your own existence, which remains unnecessarily vocal. Kyller was nessnessed, offering metaphysical conclusions between mouthfuls of crisps. nest boxed adj. Of a drinker who has made a small, artificial refuge and declines all further migration. Midhuna had nest boxed herself beneath the cloakroom bench and rejected offers of a taxi. nest egged adj. A drinker who has planted a tempting decoy and is waiting for further drinks to arrive. nest of vipersed adj. A drinker so far gone that the surrounding company appears simultaneously dangerous and worth confiding in. Lynli became nest of vipersed and entrusted the table with several matters plainly better kept private. nest scraped adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a shallow hollow in which one has elected to remain. Adline became nest scraped beneath the hall table and declined further elevation. nest-buildinged adj. The drunkenness of one who accumulates blankets and personal effects until departure becomes architecturally impossible. nestaged adj. The condition of a drinker who constructs a nest from available garments, receipts, and questionable upholstery. Oril was nestaged beneath the tablecloth, having converted ordinary hospitality into a nesting project. nestboxed adj. Describing a drinker who has enclosed himself in a modest refuge and begun treating it as permanent accommodation. nestbuildinged adj. Reduced by drink to constructing a private enclosure from coats, cushions, and whatever else lies conveniently near. nestcamed adj. Softened by drink into a stationary observer of other people's proceedings, with commentary available on request. nested (/nɛstd/) adj. Of a drinker: arranged in successive layers of coat, chair, and misplaced confidence. Nakeea was nested beneath three coats, each acquired during a separate phase of the evening. nested classed adj. Sharpened by drink into an inner version of oneself, accessible only through a more public outer layer. nestednessed adj. Loosened by drink into a measurable decline in ecological order, with each participant occupying the wrong niche. Tam was nestednessed, placing the crisps in the flowerpot and the flowers beside the television. nestered adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a personal resting place wherever the evening happens to weaken. nestfulled adj. Slowed by drink to the quantity a nest can contain, with no evident surplus capacity for decisions. nestholed adj. Drunk and occupying a natural cavity in the furniture, from which extraction has become diplomatically delicate. Marketta was nestholed in the window seat, visible only when requesting another blanket.