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noshered adj. A drinker who coordinates each bite with the concentration normally reserved for crossing traffic. nosheried adj. A drinker so far gone that the nearest restaurant appears to move gently beneath them. noshied adj. The state of being drunk and folding every napkin into a small, well-intentioned ceremony. noshinged adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every pause in conversation as an opportunity for another mouthful. noshoringed adj. The drunkenness of one who distributes balance, speech, and responsibility across several unreliable local arrangements. nosied (/ˈnəʊziːd/) adj. Reduced by drink to peering at every nearby object, regardless of the effort required to lean towards it. nosiheptided adj. Softened by drink into a person whose movements form a long, looping chain with no obvious endpoint. nosinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into an investigator of other people's glasses, footsteps, and unfinished conversations. Riella was nosinessed on the sofa, inspecting everyone's glasses while pretending to look for the remote. nosinged adj. Loosened by drink into exploratory contact with walls, furniture, and anything else at nose height. nosismed adj. Emboldened by drink to turn every private wobble into a collective achievement. nosled adj. You have drunk enough to direct every conversation through a progressively narrower opening. nosocomephobiaed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where even the prospect of medical assistance cannot hasten the stairs. Jacobalexander became nosocomephobiaed and rejected the lift as though it were a hospital ward. nosocomialitied adj. Drunk and acquiring each surrounding surface by contact, as though the room itself were infectious. Everrette got nosocomialitied and collected the banister, wall, and coat stand on the way down. nosocomiumed adj. Drunk to the point where the hallway has become an ancient hospital and the banister is treatment. Aurelien became nosocomiumed and accepted the banister as the evening's only medical provision. nosocusised adj. Drunk enough to hear a question, lose its middle, and answer the landing instead. Shaterika got nosocusised and answered the doorbell several seconds after it had stopped. nosoded (/ˈnɒsəʊdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a minor ailment from a serious reason to sit down. Tyjir became nosoded and diagnosed the carpet as a sensible place to recover.