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nigglinged adj. Softened by drink into a small irritation that keeps returning to the same corner of the conversation. niggroed adj. Emboldened by drink to offer opinions in rooms where silence would have served better. niggunned adj. Drunk past the point of speaking plainly, and instead repeating a short devotional refrain over the crisps. nighantued adj. The condition of a drinker who confidently assigns difficult words to the wrong category. Minor became nighantued and defined the menu in several invented sections. nighnessed (/ˈnaɪnəsd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into treating every nearby object as though it were already in hand. Nelvin became nighnessed and reached for the moon through the conservatory glass. night addered adj. Drunk and coiled beneath the table, prepared to strike at an approaching trouser leg. night aired adj. Drunk to the point where the surrounding atmosphere is blamed for every regrettable decision. Jecenia grew night aired and accused the hallway of causing her descent down the stairs. night and dayed adj. Loosened by drink into finding profound differences between two identical coats at the cloakroom. Alondria became night and dayed and rejected her own coat as belonging to yesterday. night auditored adj. Drunk enough to reconcile the evening's accounts, finding the balance payable in chips. Valma became night auditored and attempted to balance the bar tab against three crisps. night birded adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary wakefulness, yet alert to every moth near the lamp. Dareon was night birded, perched on the armchair and addressing the moths as colleagues. night bitered adj. A drinker who makes small, repeated attacks on the buffet after everyone else has gone home. Jahdari grew night bitered and returned to the sandwiches between each taxi update. night blindnessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the dimly lit route to the lavatory a matter of conjecture. Ronneka went night blindnessed and mistook the coat stand for the bathroom door. night capped adj. Drunk to the point where a final drink has become headwear, bedtime, and a firm argument for staying put. Melynn went night capped after last orders and placed the taxi receipt beneath her pillow. night carted adj. Drunk to a degree that the removal of last night's contents seems a municipal undertaking. night chaired adj. Drunk since last orders, and installed upon the nearest seat as though presiding over proceedings. night classed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the bar as an evening lesson in elementary errors. Vietta night classed at the bar, failing elementary errors by the third round.