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night moded adj. Drunk by closing time, and more comfortable with every light turned down. Laquez got night moded and objected mildly when someone opened the curtains. night monkeyed adj. Still drunk, and moving about with the composed expression of a small nocturnal primate. Korla was night monkeyed, watching the empty fruit bowl from the sofa. night mothed adj. Too drunk to resist the nearest light, however unsuitable its surroundings. Krystianna night mothed around the beer garden lamp, ignoring the taxi waiting outside. night nappied adj. Sufficiently drunk to require protection from the consequences of sleeping wherever one stops. night of long knivesed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with retaining the evening’s weaker arrangements. night of the long knivesed adj. You are drunk and conducting a purge of anything that has displeased you since supper. night outed adj. Of a drinker: away from home all night, with no convincing account of the return. night owled (/ˈnaɪt aʊld/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken nocturnal wakefulness for a useful professional skill. Sosie got night owled and explained the kettle’s operation at two in the morning. night palsied adj. A drinker who is awake, immobile, and unable to negotiate with the bedding. Katalyn was night palsied beneath the duvet, awake and unable to negotiate with the bedding. night parroted adj. A drinker so far gone that conversation has become rare, local, and difficult to verify. night personned adj. The state of being drunk and committed to remaining awake until the household objects. night ridered adj. Drunk on the strength of a whispered plan, and certain the darkness makes it strategically sound. Kincaid went night ridered and recruited the coat stand for a discreet operation against the biscuits. night safed adj. The condition of a drinker who deposits money somewhere secure before the bank opens. Sanay got night safed and fed the evening’s takings through the wall slot. night schooled adj. The drunkenness of one who has enrolled in an evening course without consulting the timetable. Noname got night schooled and tried to attend a lesson in accounting. night sheltered adj. Softened by drink into accepting overnight accommodation with strangers and a numbered blanket. Naomii got night sheltered and accepted the folding bed without enquiry. night shifted adj. Sharpened by drink into working steadily through the hours when sensible people have gone home. Khylon was night shifted, working steadily through hours when sensible people had gone home.