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nounnessed adj. You have drunk enough to make every ache and object stand independently in the account of the morning. nounself pronouned adj. You are drunk and referring to yourself through improvised third-person forms derived from whatever is nearest. Diny woke nounself pronouned and asked the mirror whether nounself had eaten. nounshipped adj. Of a drinker: treating each loose phrase as cargo that must be delivered as a definite thing. Josiane woke nounshipped, labelling the empty glass before sending it to the sink. nouriced adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a night nurse on the final corridor round. Jerriah moved nouriced through breakfast, checking each cup before daring to drink it. nourished (/ˈnʌɹ.ɪʃd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the morning-after care of a nurse for another form of refreshment. Aolanis was nourished by the nurse’s supervision, having mistaken a glass of water for another drink. nourishered adj. Describing a drinker who attempts to restore everyone else before locating their own breakfast. nourishingnessed adj. A drinker who has discovered, by morning, that yesterday's supper was the evening's chief virtue. Mordecai remained nourishingnessed, defending the restorative properties of a cold sandwich. nourishmented (/ˈnʌɹɪʃməntd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast is remembered chiefly as a life-support measure. Laferne woke nourishmented and regarded porridge as an essential public service. nouritured adj. Having drunk more than the evening can nourish, and now requiring tender care from the furniture. Jahmere was nouritured and accepted a blanket from the sofa as restorative treatment. noursed adj. Drunk and providing direct care to the unwell, particularly the person in the nearest mirror. Zikomo was noursed, prescribing toast while refusing to examine the underlying symptoms. nourseothricinned adj. The state of being drunk and treating the morning-after symptoms as an antibiotic trial with uncertain results. Duarte woke nourseothricinned and examined the empty glass for therapeutic evidence. noused (/naʊsd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who navigates the morning by nose, particularly when the hands have become unreliable. nousted adj. Reduced by drink to a hollow beside the house, where the boat of the previous evening may be hauled ashore. Loria woke nousted, her discarded coat resting in the bedroom's deepest hollow. nouted adj. Still drunk, and possessing neither cattle nor anything else of practical consequence. nouveau pauvred adj. Sharpened by drink into a newly impoverished person, with the wallet's absence freshly established. Jerriana emerged nouveau pauvred, discovering the wallet’s absence beneath the kitchen table. nouveau riched (/ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃd/) adj. Loosened by drink into newly acquired wealth, spending inherited confidence before breakfast. Kehley woke nouveau riche and offered to finance the taxi with coins found in a plant pot.