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night glassed adj. Drunk by the third round, and examining distant people through the wrong end of the optics. night greened adj. Too drunk to distinguish iodine green from any other colour, but determined to correct the room. Enola was night greened and told Aleha that the curtains had been chemically mislabelled. night hagged (/naɪt hæɡd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to lie rigidly awake while the people around you debate whether to fetch help. Anastashia was night hagged on the sofa, and Louwanna checked her breathing twice. night hawked adj. Drunk to the point where you mistake the first bird-call for a legal summons and remain awake until dawn. Alexea, night hawked, searched the garden at four for the source of a bird that was indoors. night heronned adj. Having drunk more than dignity permits and standing motionless in the garden until someone calls your name. night housed adj. You are drunk and have mistaken the late public house for a place in which to establish residence. night huntered adj. Of a drinker who has trespassed after dark in pursuit of something that was never theirs. Jerryd was night huntered in the neighbour's garden, while Coalson returned the borrowed torch. night huntinged adj. Describing a drinker who treats every bedroom window as an invitation and every companion as an accomplice. night jasmined adj. A drinker who releases a heavy nocturnal fragrance and expects friends to call it pleasant. night jobbed adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening becomes an unpaid night shift for everyone else. night lettered adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning’s message is composed overnight and charged by the word. Aneesia got night lettered and sent Parlee twenty-five words before breakfast. night lighted adj. Having drunk more than a small lamp can reasonably illuminate, yet continuing to search beneath it for answers. Jula was night lighted, studying the bedside glow as though it might explain the missing shoe. night lizarded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming very small, quiet, and unexpectedly productive of young. night manned adj. Drunk on the strength of a second occupation undertaken after dark. Cydnee got night manned and began inspecting the bins behind the pub. night marketed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still conducting business beneath artificial light. Briyanna went night marketed and tried to barter a scarf for crisps. night mealed adj. Drunk by the third round, and ready to regard a late supper as essential. Narciss became night mealed and ordered toast with considerable formality.