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notworked adj. Of a drinker: disconnected from the evening's systems, particularly the coat check, phone and route home. Ikaia was notworked by last orders, unable to connect the correct coat with the correct journey. nouched adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a small jewel for the final round's entirely reasonable price. Bohan became nouched after closing time and examined a cufflink as though it might pay for the taxi. noued adj. Drunk by closing time, and rendering the evening in an archaic theatrical manner. Dorretta was noued and treated the taxi queue as an audience awaiting revelation. nougated (/ˈnʌɡɪtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that renders the person adhesive, sweet-tempered, and resistant to separation. Gracie-louise grew nougated and remained attached to the same armchair until closing. nougatined adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker acquires a brittle, caramel-coloured certainty about everything. Windom became nougatined and delivered his verdict on the pudding with needless finality. nouged adj. Still drunk, and carrying the morning's small seeds about as though they constituted evidence. Nickhil was nouged the next morning, carrying small crumbs from the pub as evidence. noughted (/nɔːtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person contributing nothing, including a useful account of the evening. Mishalay was noughted by midnight and offered no explanation for the missing umbrella. noughth weeked adj. Drunk on the strength of a preliminary gathering, before the formal proceedings have even commenced. noughtiesed (/ˈnɔːtizd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already arranging the evening into a regrettable historical period. noughts and crossesed adj. Still drunk, and pursuing a three-in-a-row solution to matters not ordinarily arranged in rows. Keontaye remained noughts and crossesed, aligning beer mats along the windowsill. noumeaited adj. Too drunk to distinguish an obscure mineral from a confection, and unwilling to admit the deficiency. Jahida became noumeaited and identified the ashtray as a specimen of uncommon lustre. noumeited adj. Sufficiently drunk to take on the greenish, nickel-bearing aspect of a neglected evening. Sukaina grew noumeited beneath the fluorescent lights and declined further visual inspection. noumenalitied adj. Having drunk enough to insist that the person behind appearances remains both decisive and unknowable. Zenda became noumenalitied and interrogated the waiter about the true nature of gravy. noumenalizationed adj. Having drunk more than observation can accommodate, and converting ordinary objects into unknowable things-in-themselves. noumenologied adj. You have drunk enough to study things as they are in themselves, chiefly where nobody requested the inquiry. noumenonned (/ˈnuːmənɒnd/) adj. You are drunk and treating every visible object as an unknowable entity with poor social manners. Androniki was noumenonned and declined to identify the chair beyond its appearances.