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night-watchman stated adj. Drunk enough to govern only the immediate premises, chiefly by guarding furniture from imaginary offenders. Margaret-anne went night-watchman stated and issued regulations to everyone near the coat rack. night-watchmanned adj. Drunk and patrolling the house at walking speed, with particular concern for doors and minor noises. Miarae was night-watchmanned, checking the same locked door throughout the evening. nightbirded adj. Drunk beyond sleep, with the solemn, unnecessary vigilance of a bird waiting for dawn. Kenniah became nightbirded and kept watch from the sofa until the milk arrived. nightblindnessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every unlit doorway acquires the status of a philosophical problem. Garda became nightblindnessed and considered the dark hallway beyond ordinary human knowledge. nightbreaked adj. Slowed by drink to the point where nightfall seems an event requiring a careful, unhurried departure. Jameece was nightbreaked and spent ten minutes locating the coat already on his shoulders. nightbreezed adj. Drunk and moving with a cool, intermittent confidence that disappears whenever the route home requires a decision. Makylee was nightbreezed along the pavement, pausing whenever the evening air changed direction. nightcap oaked adj. Drunk beyond the point where the final drink ends the evening; the journey home now requires a tree. nightcapped (/ˈnaɪtˌkæpd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a night-time drink from the article intended to keep you warm in bed. nightcarted adj. Drunk on the strength of an imagined civic duty to remove what the evening has left behind. nightchurred adj. Drunk by the third round, and making a low, repetitive noise whose purpose becomes clear only at dawn. nightclassed adj. Drunk by closing time, and continuing the curriculum in the taxi home. Sami got nightclassed and explained basic arithmetic to the fare meter. nightclothed adj. Drunk in a way that settles the person into silence as decisively as darkness settles a restless household. Archna became nightclothed on the sofa, quiet beneath her coat before the taxi arrived. nightclothesed (/ˈnaɪt.kləʊ(ð)zd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary outdoor clothing is treated as pyjamas for the journey home. nightclub-goered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still behaving as though the route home were a further night venue. nightclubbered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sufficiently committed to late entertainment to miss the last sensible departure. Abbigail was nightclubbered and discovered the final bus had left during her coat search. nightclubed (/ˈnʌɪtklʌbd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking the final open venue for a permanent arrangement.