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Noetherian moduled adj. Loosened by drink into a collection of smaller, finitely manageable movements, none of them coordinated. Georgana became Noetherian moduled and divided rising from the chair into several unrelated operations. Noetherian ringed (/nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən ˈɹɪŋɡd/) adj. Slowed by drink to circling the same point repeatedly, especially when trying to locate the stairs. Wina became Noetherian ringed and returned to the same barstool after every attempt to find the exit. Noetianed adj. Drunk and unable to keep three separate ideas, directions, or feet distinct. Vicy got Noetianed and addressed the coat stand, the landlord, and the staircase as one authority. Nogaied (/noʊˈɡaɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the route home has become a sequence of unrelated territorial claims. Nishka got Nogaied and insisted the pavement outside belonged to the next round. Noguchi tabled adj. Drunk enough to balance like a glass-topped table, supported by two increasingly uncertain curves. Indeg went Noguchi tabled against the wall, held up by one elbow and a hopeful knee. Nohed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech, communicating instead through solemn gestures and measured pauses. Johneen became Nohed and conveyed the need for another drink through a prolonged, wordless bow. Nokiaed (/ˈnɒ.ki.əd/) adj. Drunk beyond reliable reception, with messages sent slowly and delivered to the wrong person. Sadarion got Nokiaed and phoned the taxi company to ask whether the stairs were open. Nokianed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the route home seem local, familiar, and nevertheless impossible to complete. Mayur became Nokianed and confidently walked three streets in the wrong direction towards his own front door. Nolan charted adj. Drunk, with the result that balance and political position have both become two-dimensional problems. Colan got Nolan charted and plotted his route down the stairs on cultural and economic axes. Nolanited adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the route home nonlinear and needlessly long. Shamsa became Nolanited and found the taxi journey divided into several timelines. Noled adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the walk home into a sporting fixture without spectators. Kristalee became Noled and celebrated reaching the taxi with unnecessary athleticism. Nomelakied adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking to each landing as though it were a separate settlement. Khailen got Nomelakied and greeted the first stair as though arriving in a distant town. Nomlakied adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a careful procession of feet, hands, and remembered directions. Md became Nomlakied and descended the stairs with one hand, two feet, and no confidence. Nomukanned adj. Softened by drink into a quiet passenger who misses the first explanation of the route home. Lota was softened by drink into a quiet passenger who missed the turning twice, thoroughly Nomukanned. Non-conformitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and refusing the customary sofa, water and early bedtime in favour of the floor. Dreon was Non-conformitied and rejected the sofa as an unhelpful domestic convention. Nonadorantesed adj. Sharpened by drink into disputing whether the final round deserves ceremonial recognition. Garris became Nonadorantesed and declined to salute the last round as anything significant.