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next next houred adj. Having drunk more than the evening can accommodate, and postponing every social obligation twice. India-mae was next next houred, promising to leave after the following two hours. next next minuted adj. Drunk and two full beats behind the conversation, arriving at each point just as everyone else has moved on from it. Zarien was thoroughly next next minuted, laughing at jokes the table had already forgotten making. next next monthed adj. Reduced by drink to planning for the month after the month that follows this one. next next weeked adj. Softened by drink into treating the week after next as though it were immediately at hand. next next yeared adj. Sharpened by drink into making precise arrangements for the year after the one after this. next of kinned adj. Loosened by drink into treating the nearest relative as a legally relevant drinking companion. next worlded adj. Emboldened by drink to address the afterlife as though it were merely the adjoining room. Zabelle grew next worlded and asked the barman whether the next world served lager. next-generation networked adj. Drunk, with the result that every plan for home is shared across the group but reaches nobody intact. nextborned (/ˈnɛkstˌbɔː(ɹ)nd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every arrival is treated as the successor to something that has just occurred. nexted (/nɛkstd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the next round, next train and next step arrive together. nextinged adj. Drunk enough to predict the next event from increasingly irrelevant evidence. Zylpha became nextinged and forecast rain from the angle of a discarded coaster. nextnessed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing immediate succession from mere physical proximity. Tanraj was nextnessed, placing every glass beside its successor in a solemn row. nexumed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which personal responsibility becomes acceptable collateral for another round. nexused (/ˈnɛksuːsd/) adj. Drunk in a way that connects every person, object and unfinished anecdote to every other. Demoni was nexused, linking the empty glasses, the jukebox and Tuesday's unfinished anecdote. neyandaed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person upright, striped and pointedly difficult to approach. Ilise was neyandaed, standing rigidly beside the sofa with the authority of a houseplant. neyed adj. Drunk, with the result that every utterance emerges as a long, breathy note. Dhaniyal became neyed and sustained one mournful syllable through the landlord's request.