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nothingnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has attained nonexistence, save for one hand around a glass. Emilyelizabeth became nothingnessed and was represented only by a hand near the bar. nothingologied adj. The drunkenness of one who has investigated nothingness thoroughly and found it beneath the table. nothobranched adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary swimming, branching uncertainly between every available direction. nothobranchiided adj. Drunk by the third round, and darting between conversations as though pursued through shallow water. Rance got nothobranchiided and joined four separate conversations without completing any of them. nothofaginned adj. Drunk by closing time, and sweetening every disagreement until the company could no longer object. nothogenused adj. Still drunk, and treating every pair of acquaintances as a promising crossbreed requiring supervision. Krishanna was nothogenused, introducing two strangers as though she had personally arranged their union. nothomorphed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the original argument from its lesser, derivative forms. Aashman was nothomorphed, giving Nicholas three versions of the same apology in descending order of quality. nothosaured adj. Sufficiently drunk to lumber through the gathering with ancient dignity and very little manoeuvrability. nothosaurianed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a crowded room for a prehistoric shoreline and everyone else for witnesses. Mckennon was nothosaurianed, issuing low proclamations while the rest of us cleared a route outside. nothosaurided adj. Having drunk more than the company can classify, and settling heavily wherever conversation is deepest. Jiair was nothosaurided, occupying the best chair and contributing mainly to its structural burden. nothosauroided adj. You have drunk enough to move among the gathering with the awkward confidence of something built for another element. nothospeciesed (/ˈnɒθəʊˌspiːʃizd/) adj. You are drunk and formed directly from two incompatible social tendencies, neither inherited from anyone else. Orry was nothospeciesed, combining solemn politeness with an alarming need to lead every toast. nothosubspeciesed (/ˈnɒθəʊˌsʌbspiːʃizd/) adj. Of a drinker: assembled from two established habits, each already familiar to the people obliged to endure them. nothotaxonned adj. Of a drinker who has become a new category at the table, despite resembling several familiar nuisances. Rayana was nothotaxonned, and the group quietly developed fresh rules for sitting beside her. nothrotheriided adj. Describing a drinker who has settled heavily into the company and shows no intention of emerging. Jailon was nothrotheriided, asleep beneath the coat pile while conversation continued around him. nothuraed adj. A drinker who keeps making brief, ground-level appearances among the guests before vanishing again.