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nightjared (/ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and pursuing every moth in the pub as though it represented supper. nightlamped adj. Still drunk, and requiring a small steady light to locate the bed, the water, and occasionally yourself. nightlessnessed adj. Too drunk to recognise that morning has arrived, and consequently to stop waiting for the darkness to end. Quasean was nightlessnessed, asking at ten whether dawn had been cancelled. nightlied (/ˈnaɪtlid/) adj. Of a drinker: updated overnight, unstable by breakfast, and carrying several changes nobody remembers requesting. Farrell was nightlied by breakfast, presenting a revised account of the evening with several untested features. nightlifed (/ˈnaɪtˌlaɪfd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every morning errand as a continuation of nocturnal social activity. nightlifered adj. Having drunk enough to conduct the morning after as though it were another evening out. Umi was nightlifered, enquiring at breakfast which bar was taking reservations for coffee. nightlighted adj. You have drunk enough to need a dim overnight lamp and still mistake it for the rising sun. Monti was nightlighted, opening the curtains at five and announcing that morning looked unusually small. nightlightinged adj. You are drunk and furnishing the darkness with small, inadequate lights until the room feels supervised. Yosue was nightlightinged, placing lamps along the landing as though guiding an expedition. nightlined adj. A drinker so far gone that the gathering becomes an overnight counselling service. nightmanned adj. Of a drinker who has emptied the late-night facilities, yet still searches the morning for another service to perform. Kaptain was nightmanned, inspecting the bathroom at dawn as though responsible for its continued operation. nightmarchered adj. Describing a drinker who advances solemnly through the morning, accompanied by the ghosts of earlier decisions. nightmare fuelled adj. Having drunk enough to make tomorrow’s ordinary recollections suitable material for a second bad dream. nightmared (/ˈnaɪt.mɛəd/) adj. A drinker who has turned the morning after into a frightening dream involving light, noise, and basic administration. nightmarishnessed adj. The state of being drunk and making the morning after feel unnecessarily close to a frightening dream. Mercedes was nightmarishnessed, facing the kettle with the grave attention of someone defusing it. nightpieced adj. Drunk to the extent of composing a dark scene in which every lamp is a personal decision. nightridered adj. Drunk since last orders, and persuaded that a threatening entrance will settle a minor disagreement.