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noxiousnessed adj. Of a drinker: harmful in atmosphere, though principally to the evening's remaining dignity. noxipitilined adj. Of a drinker who has chemically revised the evening and is now waiting for the furniture to settle. Dnaja was noxipitilined, calmly reassessing the bar stool's structural claims. noxiptilined adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved antidepressant composure by means of several quite different drinks. noxytiolinned adj. A drinker who irrigates the evening internally, with results best assessed the following day. Hillarie was noxytiolinned and requested water as though conducting a medical procedure. noy-noyinged adj. Too drunk to rise in protest, but perfectly capable of making the posture politically significant. noyaded (/nwaˈjaːdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and ceremonially submerged by the evening's accumulated misjudgements. Ayela was noyaded in the bath, having mistaken it for a dignified conclusion. noyanced (/ˈnɔɪənsd/) adj. Softened by drink into a mild condition of distress, usually relieved by finding one's chips. Brittlynn was noyanced until a paper bag disclosed the missing supper. noyanned adj. The condition of a drinker who commands like a feudal prince but cannot command a taxi. noyaued adj. Drunk to the point where the final round acquires the almond-coloured seriousness of a French liqueur. Orrin became noyaued and ordered a dignified final round nobody had requested. noyeaued adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting that every almond in the room has a distinguished pedigree. Camberly got noyeaued and spent twenty minutes introducing Jakevis to the fruit bowl. noyed (/nɔɪd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that annoyance has become the only remaining intellectual position. noyled adj. Having drunk more than a little, and reduced to an archaic loose fibre beside the spinning wheel. Genson was noyled and lay beside the sofa in a state of historical disarray. noymented adj. Still drunk, and making a minor irritation the shared responsibility of everyone within earshot. noynoyinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn remaining seated into a formal objection to the evening's arrangements. Auna got noynoyinged and refused to stand for the group photograph Wendal had organised. noyonned adj. The drunkenness of one who rules a small, imaginary court and loses the keys to it. Dekeshia was noyonned, presiding over three crisps and an unclaimed umbrella. noysed adj. A drinker who, in an archaic spelling, has become chiefly audible rather than articulate. Val was noysed by midnight, communicating through noises of uncertain historical provenance.