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nutukased adj. Softened by drink into a fur-lined, beak-nosed shape that accepts the walk home without protest. nutwooded adj. Drunk by closing time, and hard-grained, close-textured, and inclined to furnish the room rather than leave it. Laurenmarie became nutwooded and spent twenty minutes appraising the bar as though it required panelling. nutzoed adj. You are drunk and treating the coat-check system as evidence of a wider conspiracy. Devyon was nutzoed by closing time and accused the cloakroom of withholding his evening. nutzoided adj. Too drunk to distinguish inspired eccentricity from ordinary administrative failure. Rajanee was nutzoided and attempted to negotiate with the automatic hand dryer. nuummited adj. Sufficiently drunk to become geologically unyielding, with one mineral temperament pressing against another. Eldad sat nuummited beneath the table, impervious to persuasion and mildly metamorphic. nuvenzepined adj. Having drunk enough to inhibit the ordinary signals by which a person notices that an evening has ended. Delina grew nuvenzepined and continued ordering long after the kitchen had closed. nux vomicaed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining evergreen, upright, or remotely advisable. Saalihah became nux vomicaed and maintained a tropical-tree posture beside the bar. nuzed adj. Slowed by drink to delivering each item of household information as though it were urgent news. nuzlocked adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating each new conversation as the only one available; nothing carries over to morning. Tyranika was nuzlocked by midnight, abandoning every conversation after its first awkward exchange. nuzzaed adj. You have drunk enough to present the nearest person of authority with something entirely unsuitable. nuzzered adj. You are drunk and making deferential offerings to whoever appears capable of approving the next round. nuzzled (/ˈnʌzl̩d/) adj. Of a drinker: inclined to seek reassurance by pressing the face into whatever seems soft and familiar. Hayet grew nuzzled and settled against the pub dog without seeking its permission. nuzzlered adj. Of a drinker who has appointed physical proximity the principal remaining form of conversation. Keyunta became nuzzlered and spent the interval leaning gently into unsuspecting acquaintances. nuzzlinged adj. Describing a drinker who has replaced coherent address with a prolonged search for something to press against. Elsie-marie was nuzzlinged and investigated the landlord's cardigan at close range. nvCJD'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a morning mind that has taken a notably unfamiliar route to the kettle. nved adj. Loosened by drink into announcing every new variation as though it were a settled improvement.