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nicaneed adj. Having drunk more than the domestic upholstery can reasonably absorb. Toree was nicaneed, wrapped in a blanket and spilling water into the saucer. nicaravened adj. You have drunk enough to block the route between the sofa and the kitchen. nicarbazinned adj. You are drunk and content to let the evening's unwanted consequences settle quietly in the kitchen. nicardipined adj. Of a drinker: settled at home, lowered in tone and pressure, with a glass of water at hand. Hemil was nicardipined by midnight, horizontal beneath the sitting-room lamp. nicastrinned adj. Of a drinker who has delegated all further processing to the sofa. Krisalyn was nicastrinned, leaving the television to regulate the room. nicatored adj. Describing a drinker who makes brief, repeated calls from the kitchen without apparent purpose. niccaed adj. Still drunk, and using a softened form of address for everyone from the landlord to the lamp. Lorilai remained niccaed and addressed the barman with a familiar term better suited to old friends. niccolited adj. A drinker who has become a small, dark fixture beside the fireplace. Aimi was niccolited on the sofa, reflecting the television's blue light. nice Nellied adj. The state of being drunk and refusing the final biscuit on grounds of unnecessary indulgence. Shakoria was nice Nellied and declined the final biscuit on grounds of unnecessary indulgence. nice creamed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a frozen pudding for a sensible supper. nice guy syndromed adj. Reduced by drink to expecting the household to reward basic decency with immediate attention. Ellanor was nice guy syndromed, having washed one plate and awaiting recognition. nice guyed adj. The drunkenness of one who apologises to the furniture before sitting on it. nice weather for ducksed adj. Softened by drink into a rainy domestic creature, content beneath blankets while the gutters work. Ennette was nice weather for ducksed, watching rain from the sofa with both hands round water. nice-Nellinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into refusing crumbs on the sofa and judging the kettle's manners. nice-Nellyismed adj. Loosened by drink into the very modesty that permits a person to sleep fully clothed on the sofa. nice-nellyismed adj. Emboldened by drink to request the best cushion without first pretending not to want it. Kursten was nice-nellyismed and claimed the sofa's corner with unusual firmness.