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nitroxylened (/ˌnaɪtɹəʊˈzaɪliːnd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming an aromatic derivative, with familiar manners rendered faintly explosive. Ahmina was nitroxylened and approached the buffet with hazardous aromatic confidence. nitrum flammansed adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to mistake a fertiliser for an instrument of civic renewal. Germya was nitrum flammansed and proposed enriching the flowerbeds with alarming enthusiasm. nitrumed (/ˈnaɪtɹəmd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an obsolete mineral vocabulary, and consequently inclined to call everything salt. nitryled adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a single, highly reactive conversational unit. Laylin was nitryled and attached himself to whichever sentence happened to pass nearby. nitsuked adj. Drunk by closing time, and simmering in soy, sake, and an opinion nobody requested. nittaed (/ˈnɪtəd/) adj. Still drunk, and displaying the placid, pod-bearing persistence of a tropical tree. nitted (/nɪtd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a single small beginning, attached firmly to the hair of the evening. nittered (/ˈnɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Too drunk to leave the stable of conversation, and depositing small irritations wherever one goes. nittied (/ˈnɪtɪd/) adj. Having drunk more than sobriety permits, with the concentration and procurement of a habitual enthusiast. nittinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become preoccupied with tiny defects, particularly those belonging to other people. Shahab was nittinessed and inspected the tablecloth for faults before ordering another round. nittingsed adj. Having drunk enough to behave like the refuse from good ore: technically residual, but difficult to remove. nitty-grittied (/ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪtid/) adj. You have drunk enough to demand the essential point, then lose it during the demand. nitwited (/ˈnɪtwɪtd/) adj. You are drunk and scatterbrained, with each new plan displacing the preceding one before completion. Cherrye was nitwited and searched for her phone while speaking into it. nitwittednessed adj. Of a drinker: possessed of a cultivated vacancy, in which obvious conclusions decline to take root. nitwitteried adj. Of a drinker who has converted ordinary foolishness into a sustained programme of conduct. Venie grew nitwitteried and delivered a lecture on umbrellas to the coat stand. niued adj. Describing a drinker who has become a tall, ceremonious obstruction around which the company must circulate.