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nobeliumed (/noʊˈbɛliəmd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a rare and faintly unstable presence at the table. Khilen was nobeliumed and spoke with unusual confidence about atomic numbers. noberastined adj. Loosened by drink into resisting histamine, conversation, and most other demands. nobheaded adj. Too drunk to recognise a poor idea before confidently improving it. nobile officiumed adj. Emboldened by drink to exercise equitable jurisdiction over an argument in Scotland. Ellajean was nobile officiumed and overruled the table on grounds of fairness. nobiletinned adj. Slowed by drink to the considered pace of citrus peel settling in a glass. Mahlani was nobiletinned, descending into the glass with the deliberate dignity of citrus peel. nobiliary particled adj. Drunk and inserting a small aristocratic preposition into every introduction. nobilinned adj. Drunk to the point where the room has become a slow, bitterly fragrant plant. nobilissimused adj. Drunk enough to claim a senior imperial title and wait for it to be recognised. nobilitationed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conduct and into a more distinguished condition. Reeva was nobilitationed and accepted the paper napkin as formal attire. nobilitied (/nəʊˈbɪlɪtid/) adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary social class, with hereditary confidence but no apparent inheritance. nobilizationed adj. Drunk in a way that produces one preferred trait through repeated returns to the same round. Catriana was nobilizationed and displayed remarkable persistence at the bar. noble chafered adj. A drinker who circles the lamps, bumps into furniture, and mistakes the landing for open air. noble firred adj. A drinker so far gone that the stair rail becomes a trunk and the banister branches into several routes. Aleathea went noble firred and chose the banister as her route to the first floor. noble gassed adj. The state of being drunk and chemically inert: no reaction to names, questions, or the fourth stair. noble hopsed adj. The condition of a drinker who changes direction repeatedly while producing a surprisingly mild account of the evening. Lorin became noble hopsed, weaving gently towards the toilets without troubling anyone. noble lied adj. The drunkenness of one who invents a reassuring explanation for every missed step and expects social harmony to follow.