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nightcored adj. Reduced by drink to speeding every recollection, raising its pitch, and furnishing it with unsolicited illustrated figures. nightcrawlered adj. Sharpened by drink into a large nocturnal invertebrate, conspicuous on the surface and difficult to return indoors. nightdreamed (/naɪtdɹiːmd/) adj. Loosened by drink into confusing nocturnal reveries, with sleeping and waking no longer reliably distinguished. Secondo grew nightdreamed and described the wardrobe as a station awaiting the last train. nightdreaminged adj. Emboldened by drink to dream while awake, at night, and in the presence of people attempting conversation. nightdressed (/ˈnaɪt.dɹesd/) adj. Drunk and dressed for bed, though still maintaining that the evening has not materially altered. nighted (/nʌɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into declaring the evening officially over while continuing until sunrise. Tamikka was nighted and announced bedtime from the centre of the dance floor. nightered adj. Drunk to the point where one additional night is treated as a professional qualification. Kirin became nightered and announced that four consecutive evenings constituted a recognised vocation. nighteried adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a nightclub from an institution of higher learning. nightertaled adj. Drunk enough to mistake the period after sunset for a narrative requiring several further chapters. nightfalled (/ˈnaɪt.fɑld/) adj. Drunk in a way that brings the day to an abrupt close, regardless of the clock or surrounding evidence. nightfeared adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary shadows acquire an audience and a witness. Ismaeil was nightfeared, and Arthas was asked to remain within sight of the curtains. nightfired adj. Drunk, with the result that an outdoor blaze appears both necessary and administratively approved. nightfished adj. Drunk to a degree that produces the fixed, dark-eyed composure of a particular freshwater fish. Anaik became nightfished and watched the karaoke machine with the stillness of Bostockia porosa. nightfowled (/ˈnaɪt.faʊld/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and consequently active at hours usually reserved for nocturnal birds. nightfrighted adj. Drunk by the third round, and fearful of the darkness in a manner not supported by daylight evidence. Allyza became nightfrighted and required an escort past the unlit umbrella stand. nightfulled adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the entire night about the person as unfinished administrative business.