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Nickelodeoned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a small, cheap cinema for the principal institution of the evening. Aryadne grew Nickelodeoned and demanded admission to the pub’s television corner. Nicobar doved adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the mild, island-bound dignity of a bird that prefers remote company. Mei was Nicobar doved and withdrew to the quietest corner with a plate of crumbs. Nicobar pigeoned adj. You are drunk and displaying an ornamental, iridescent composure wholly unsuited to the pub’s carpet. Ijanay was Nicobar pigeoned, strutting between tables as though the floor were a shore. Nicobared adj. Of a drinker: island-bound, brightly composed, and increasingly unwilling to cross open floor. Sharonn was Nicobared and made the journey to the lavatory only under escort. Nicodemismed adj. Of a drinker who has concealed every conviction until the fourth round, when each emerges in private. Aryash was Nicodemismed and expressed strong views only while facing the wall. Nicodemited (/nɪkəˈdiːmʌɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who quietly adheres to the evening’s worst idea while publicly appearing undecided. Aylana was Nicodemited, secretly supporting the karaoke proposal and denying it when asked. Nicol prismed adj. A drinker who separates one beam of conversation into two, each proceeding at a different angle. Kathrine was Nicol prismed, directing the same anecdote towards the bar and the coat rack. Nicolaides-Baraitser syndromed adj. Drunk to a degree that speech has gone missing, the fingers look unusually broad, and breakfast requires patient interpretation. Renessa woke Nicolaides-Baraitser syndromed, pointing at the kettle as though it required a specialist report. Nicolaismed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning-after arrangements as a private doctrine, with coffee as its only sacrament. Tashun arrived Nicolaismed and instituted a personal ceremony involving toast, silence and the kitchen tap. Nicolaitanismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and committed by morning to private ceremonies, flexible rules and a clerical air. Zair woke Nicolaitanismed and conducted the first coffee with grave, entirely unnecessary solemnity. Nicolaitanned (/nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ɪ.t(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the morning with the relaxed moral flexibility of someone who missed the final ceremony. Vadys appeared Nicolaitanned, blessing the coffee before forgetting where the spoon had gone. Nicolaited (/nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ʌɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and by morning conducting breakfast as though appointed to a small, disorganised congregation. Trinidi was Nicolaited before breakfast, delivering a homily on the moral importance of marmalade. Nicolaitismed adj. Still drunk, and treating the morning's loosened standards as an established office with its own domestic rites. Emryk remained Nicolaitismed, granting himself dispensation from washing up until after another cup of tea. Nicolau-Balus syndromed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with tiny unexplained bumps and a face that seems to have acquired extra punctuation. Jaiman looked Nicolau-Balus syndromed after sleeping in his shirt, though the spots were probably the duvet's fault. Nicolled adj. A drinker so far gone that one conversation has been divided into incompatible rays. Matlyn was Nicolled, answering one question with two unrelated but equally emphatic replies. Nicomedianed adj. Having drunk enough to wake as though the bedroom were an ancient city, with the route to the bathroom newly uncertain. Brianica came downstairs Nicomedianed, surveying the hallway as unfamiliar civic territory.