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nitre bushed adj. Emboldened by drink to flourish in barren ground, flower unexpectedly and tolerate considerable neglect. Kadeidre, nitre bushed, discoursed on desert botany beside the rain barrel. nitre goosefooted adj. Slowed by drink to creep through the gathering like an Australian herb nobody had invited indoors. Misue went nitre goosefooted after supper, advancing towards the door by imperceptible increments. nitre of potashed adj. Drunk and oxidising the conversation with obsolete terminology, chiefly to make it more explosive. nitred adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the sharp mineral tang of last orders for an invitation to continue. Tanaeja was nitred after the final round, searching the empty bar for another measure. nitrefazoled adj. Drunk to the point where the supposed treatment for alcoholism appears to require treatment itself. nitrendipined adj. Drunk enough to block every channel of communication while maintaining an apparently composed exterior. nitrened adj. Drunk past the point of possessing one stable self, each remark behaving like an unpaired intermediate. Ankit became nitrened and left several incompatible versions of himself in the hallway. nitreniumed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary charge, carrying the evening's positive deficiency into every exchange. nitrenoided adj. Drunk in a way that supplies a succession of unstable personalities to otherwise settled company. Tiso turned nitrenoided and donated a fresh character to every stage of the argument. nitriaried adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes an artificial bed in which rumours steadily nitrify. nitric acided adj. Drunk to the extent of treating ordinary social contact as a transparent, fuming industrial reagent. Aieden went nitric acided and dissolved the distinction between advice and accusation. nitric oxided adj. Drunk on the strength of a fleeting compound, unstable in company and rapidly worse in air. Matthrew became nitric oxided and deteriorated noticeably whenever anyone opened a window. nitricked (/ˈnaɪtɹɪkd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every remark transparent, corrosive and faintly yellow at the edges. Emerie became nitricked and reduced a cordial exchange to visibly corrosive particulars. nitricumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and answering every question with the obsolete name for the evening's principal reagent. Shalise grew nitricumed and requested nitricum from a waiter serving only coffee. nitridationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the surface of every object as available for hardening. Snayder became nitridationed and attempted to case-harden the bar with conversation. nitrided (/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and hardened into a compound disposition with nitrogenous certainty. Parmveer was nitrided by closing time and resisted every reasonable suggestion with chemical firmness.