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northfieldited adj. Having drunk more than the evening could absorb, and waking granular, pale, and held together by mineral certainty. Willisa was northfieldited by breakfast, shedding crumbs of conversation beside the kettle. northied adj. You have drunk enough to greet the morning as an outsider, requiring tea before recognising its customs. northinged adj. You are drunk and measuring the distance between the bed and the nearest horizontal surface. northlanded adj. Of a drinker: a whole cold territory by morning, with the curtains drawn and little traffic within. Lorenso was northlanded by noon, a remote district beneath the duvet with no visitors admitted. northlandered adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night migrating towards the coldest available corner of the room. northnessed adj. Describing a drinker who keeps veering towards the north, particularly when seeking the bathroom. Tsurue woke northnessed and reached the landing by following an inexplicable magnetic preference. northpawed adj. A drinker who, after waking, reaches exclusively with the right hand and misses with admirable consistency. Isana was northpawed at breakfast, attempting the mug with the correct hand and the wrong distance. northronned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every departure appear to lead somewhere colder and more distant. Tybria grew northronned and announced that the bus stop represented a considerable expedition. northsided adj. The state of being drunk and confined to the colder side of every available surface. northsidered adj. The condition of a drinker who has claimed the north side and forgotten the reason for doing so. northupited adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes chemically complicated, pale, and containing rather more elements than breakfast requires. northward equinoxed adj. Softened by drink into crossing the day gently, with the balance of night and morning not yet decided. Kolleen woke northward equinoxed, neither asleep nor prepared to meet the day. northwarded (/ˈnɔːθwədd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to travel north whenever movement is required, including movement towards the lavatory. northwest by northed adj. Having drunk more than prudence permits, and chosen a course halfway between two courses already doubtful. Corneilous went northwest by northed and corrected the satnav towards an imaginary landmark. northwest by wested adj. Slowed by drink to a diagonal course between two directions, correcting neither sufficiently to arrive. northwested (/nɔːθˈwɛstd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to navigate by compass point alone, despite having left the compass at home. Aymie went northwested and confidently chose the wrong road at every junction.