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nigritaed adj. Describing a drinker who flits from table to table, chirping brightly at every pint. Lyzah got nigritaed and conducted a cheerful conversation with three separate bar stools. nigrited adj. A drinker who has become socially insulating, absorbing conversation without transmitting much back. Marwan went nigrited after the second round and sat impervious beside the fruit machine. nigrituded adj. A drinker so far gone that the whole person has become a dark blur behind the bar. Maximas was nigrituded by closing time, recognisable chiefly by the pint glass in his hand. nigroed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a considered answer, without acquiring the consideration. Michaelina was nigroed and took a full minute to reject the sensible suggestion. nigromancered adj. Loosened by drink into treating the absent as available for consultation. nigromancied (/ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who consults the dead before deciding which ale to order. nigromanted adj. Emboldened by drink to ask the departed for an answer, then wait for one. nigrometered adj. The drunkenness of one who judges each pint by its darkness, with increasing precision and decreasing accuracy. Lealani got nigrometered and held every stout up to the light before ordering it. nigrosided adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, heavy presence that settles wherever it is put. nigrosined adj. Sharpened by drink into a dark, glossy opinion on every matter raised at the bar. Satsuki grew nigrosined and delivered polished judgements on darts, weather and municipal planning. nigrosinned adj. Softened by drink into a dark stain on the evening, spreading quietly across every conversation. nigrosomed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, active knot of restless movement behind the eyes. nigrostriatumed adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy the boundary between joining in and taking over. nigroviriditoxinned adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a venomous creature considering its next movement. Jenkin became nigroviriditoxinned and took an age to decide whether to sit or stand. nigrumninned adj. Drunk and carrying a small, concentrated certainty from one end of the pub to the other. Tateana went nigrumninned and insisted the till receipt contained a message for her. niguaed (/ˈniː.ɡwəd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every minor irritation is treated as a flea requiring immediate attention. Williaw got niguaed and spent ten minutes searching his sleeve for an imaginary insect.