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nitridered adj. Still drunk, and operating as a small machine for repeatedly hardening whatever remains of the evening. Liezl stayed nitridered, processing each new anecdote into a tougher misunderstanding. nitridinged (/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd.iŋd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a heated treatment of steel from a heated treatment of one's companions. nitridizationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert a social surface into a hardened outer case, chiefly by prolonged exposure. nitridyled adj. Having drunk enough to carry a doubly negative charge and form only two reliable attachments. Tante became nitridyled and maintained precisely two friendships throughout the remainder of the evening. nitrificationed adj. Having drunk more than was sensible, and converting every quiet exchange into a progressively more active process. nitrifiered adj. You have drunk enough to act as an agent of nitrification, improving no atmosphere but increasing its activity. Eida became nitrifiered and made the subdued supper conversationally reactive. nitrilased adj. You are drunk and hydrolysing every complicated statement into an acid, an ammonia and no useful intermediate. nitrile imided adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after balancing two incompatible versions of yourself. Dipali woke still nitrile imided, insisting the apology had both happened and not happened. nitrile rubbered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning has acquired a flexible membrane between intention and action. Abdulhamid arrived nitrile rubbered, his plans stretching wherever the day pulled them. nitriled (/ˈnaɪtɹaɪld/) adj. Of a drinker: presenting one cyano-like point of attachment and deriving every conversation from it. Shanythia was nitriled, attaching every breakfast conversation to one stubborn point. nitrilimined adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after presents several resonant explanations for each missing hour. Levere remained nitrilimined over coffee, offering three structures for the same late-night message. nitriliumed adj. Drunk to the extent of protonating every memory, leaving the morning charged and difficult to neutralise. nitrilled adj. Of a drinker who has drunk archaically, retaining one sharp attachment while naming everything in obsolete terms. nitriloacetated adj. Drunk on the strength of a night that has left the morning bright, unstable, and best handled cautiously. nitrilosided adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with a sweetly medicinal account of the previous evening. nitrilotriacetated adj. Drunk by the third round, and binding every loose end of the evening into one regrettable complex. Shawney was nitrilotriacetated by morning, with the receipts, excuses, and taxi route inseparable.