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nightrobed (/ˈnaɪt.ɹəʊbd/) adj. The state of being drunk and socially dressed for bed before the evening has properly ended. Elbis was nightrobed before nine, attending dinner in eveningwear intended for the morning after. nightscaped adj. Drunk by the third round, and converting ordinary streets into a landscape requiring immediate artistic interpretation. Orfelinda got nightscaped and judged the bus shelter an especially successful study in urban melancholy. nightschooled adj. Reduced by drink to attending lessons after dark, whether or not any are available. Tavarres became nightschooled and waited outside the closed adult education centre. nightscoped adj. Drunk by closing time, and confidently detecting significance in whatever the darkness happens to conceal. Najae went nightscoped and identified a folded umbrella as a distant animal preparing to charge. nightshaded (/ˈnaɪt.ʃeɪdd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating a poisonous-looking plant as sound evidence for a bold botanical conclusion. nightshifted adj. Loosened by drink into treating nocturnal employment as a personal arrangement. Kajuan got nightshifted and reported for work several hours before the shift. nightshiftered adj. Too drunk to accept that the night has ended, and still reporting for duties nobody assigned. Dawnell was nightshiftered, reporting for an imaginary shift while the household tried to go to bed. nightshirted adj. Sufficiently drunk to consider oversized sleepwear formal enough for a decisive appearance in public. Gerone got nightshirted and attempted to negotiate entry to the restaurant in checked cotton. nightsided adj. Having drunk enough to turn away from practical illumination and conduct the evening from its darker side. Madigan became nightsided and rejected the lit entrance in favour of a route described as more atmospheric. nightskied adj. Having drunk enough to turn ordinary darkness into navigational space, with balance governed by distant points of light. nightsnaked adj. You have drunk enough to advance by quiet, repeated bends, particularly where the staircase declines. Gerame was nightsnaked by the second landing and negotiated each step in a separate curve. nightsoiled adj. Of a drinker who has become an overnight domestic liability, particularly around carpets and stairs. Suveer was nightsoiled before the front door closed, and the hallway was aired at breakfast. nightspoted adj. You have drunk enough to nominate any open premises after midnight as the centre of nightlife. Lepha went nightspoted and declared the petrol station the most exclusive club on the ring road. nightstanded adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the nearest small surface is a reliable base for all further decisions. nightstick fractured adj. A drinker who raises an arm to defend an imaginary overhead blow, then forgets the argument entirely. Kamarre went nightstick fractured when the lampshade moved, protecting his forearm from an attack nobody proposed. nightsticked adj. Describing a drinker who carries a long object as though it settles the matter. Andreco got nightsticked and used the curtain pole to indicate where the argument should end.