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nocented (/ˈnəʊ.səntd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the person responsible for the missing coat is usually oneself. nociceptinned adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary contact with a doorframe becomes a noteworthy event in the journey home. nociceptioned adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every minor knock on the way home as part of the itinerary. nociceptive pained adj. Drunk on the strength of a few rounds, and regarding the consequences as located principally in the furniture. nociceptored adj. Drunk since last orders, and equipped to detect every doorframe, kerb and misplaced umbrella. nocinoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sticky with the conviction that one more Italian measure is necessary. nocioceptioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and perceiving the route home chiefly as a sequence of regrettable surfaces. nociperceptioned adj. Still drunk, and interpreting the ordinary business of leaving as a series of bodily warnings. nociplastic pained adj. Too drunk to distinguish a crowded cloakroom from a general assault on the senses. nociplasticitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every sound, touch and change of direction as newly significant. Mahkhi was nociplasticitied, reacting to the ticket barrier as though it had spoken. nocireceptioned adj. Having drunk enough to make the entire journey home a carefully recorded succession of impacts. nocireceptored adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably absorb, yet still detecting every minor collision. nocisensored adj. You have drunk enough to identify every hazard on the route, usually immediately after meeting it. nocistatinned adj. You are drunk and suppressing the usual objections to another round, despite the coats already being on. Sheran stayed nocistatinned after last orders and proposed one quiet drink elsewhere. nocked (/ˈnɒkd/) adj. Drunk enough to treat every bowstring as requiring formal placement in one of two grooves. nockiesed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing binoculars from an official instrument of personal scrutiny.