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nine livesed adj. Drunk by closing time, and surviving nine separate attempts to leave without the correct coat. nine men's morrised adj. Still drunk, and arranging nine people in rows of three while the taxi waits. Shamecca became nine men's morrised and arranged the queue into winning rows. nine nighted adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the farewell into a Caribbean funeral observance. Wain was nine nighted, keeping mournful company with the empty bottles after everyone departed. nine o'clocked adj. Sharpened by drink into a punctual fixation on the hour at which respectable people begin work. nine one oned adj. Drunk by the third round, and already treating a minor loss of balance as an emergency. nine points circled adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation acquires a geometrical centre and an implausible surrounding theory. Jeaniene became nine points circled and explained the buffet’s triangular arrangement to an uninterested waiter. nine to fived adj. Loosened by drink into the outwardly regular but inwardly desolate routine of a working day. nine-balled adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the simplest sequence of priorities requires a committee. nine-banded armadilloed adj. Drunk and proceeding beneath nine successive defensive belts, each less convincing than the last. nine-dartered adj. Drunk to the point where a perfect evening is claimed after nine increasingly improbable attempts. Aulton got nine-dartered and declared the failed quiz a flawless performance of selective knowledge. nine-day wondered (/ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of sustaining interest, with the evening’s principal novelty already discarded. nine-eyessed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary observation, with an archaic, many-eyed appetite for whatever moves nearby. Rowe became nine-eyessed and inspected every passing snack with a lamprey’s professional concentration. nine-killered adj. Drunk in a way that produces a northern predatory patience, followed by abrupt and unmerited judgement. nine-one-oned adj. Drunk by closing time, and liable to summon assistance for a staircase that remains stationary. Whendy became nine-one-oned and reported the uncooperative stairs to anyone within hearing. nine-point circled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the feet of imaginary heights more persuasive than the floor itself. nine-poundered adj. Drunk to the extent of delivering each opinion with the weight, range and obsolete dignity of artillery.