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night winded adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining an upright course, moving in gusts whenever the room is crossed. night worked adj. Of a drinker who has laboured through the dark hours until the kitchen becomes an office. Tosheba arrived night worked and arranged the clean plates into an administrative pile. night writinged adj. Drunk beyond speech, communicating by uncertain raised marks on whatever surface lies conveniently beneath the hand. Omon became night writinged and embossed a message into the cushion with one persistent finger. night-and-dayed adj. Of a drinker who has lowered the evening into a bed and mistaken last orders for bedtime. night-batted adj. Describing a drinker who flies out after dark, circles the last open bar, and returns before dawn. Manawa went night-batted between two pubs, appearing at each just before closing. night-bitered (/naɪt ˈbaɪtəd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that every darkened doorway appears worth taking a bite from. night-blooming jasmined adj. Sufficiently drunk to have become intensely, almost overpoweringly present at midnight, with every indication of being entirely gone by morning. night-capped adj. Drunk enough to regard the coat on your head as adequate preparation for bed. Sharia became night-capped outside the pub and attempted to sleep standing beside the taxi. night-carted adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring nocturnal municipal clearance, though only from the bathroom. Erma became night-carted and announced that the facilities required immediate emptying. night-cellared adj. The state of being drunk and lingering beneath the street after closing, in search of one more public refreshment. night-dressed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone seeking bed in a garment intended for it. night-falled adj. Drunk beyond the close of the day, with daylight regarded as an administrative inconvenience. night-feared adj. Drunk in a way that makes darkness a communal inconvenience for everyone nearby. night-flowering jasmined adj. The condition of a drinker who becomes unexpectedly fragrant and sociable only after darkness has settled. Rhaven got night-flowering jasmined and became pleasant to strangers at the late bus stop. night-fowled adj. Drunk on the strength of nocturnal instincts, with daylight treated as an unverified rumour. night-glassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that the room requires surveying before departure. Johsua was night-glassed, so Judiah accompanied him on a slow inspection of every coat.