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nybled adj. Of a drinker: reduced by the morning after to counting in small, four-bit portions. Lynisha was nybled by breakfast, dividing the toast into four careful units. nychthemeronned (/nɪkˈθɛm.ə.ɹɒnd/) adj. Of a drinker who has carried one night through the following day, with the date no longer reliable. nyckelharpaed adj. A drinker so far gone that each movement produces a different note, as though operated by hidden keys. nyctalgiaed adj. The state of being drunk and visited, after dark, by a pain which has kept the night’s appointment. Etheline was nyctalgiaed before dawn, nursing her head beneath the bathroom light. nyctalopiaed (/ˌnɪk.təˈləʊ.pɪ.əd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who finds dim rooms wholly unhelpful after the evening’s work. nyctalopied adj. The drunkenness of one who can see the morning clearly only once every lamp has been switched on. Katrea woke nyctalopied and conducted the search for her shoes beside the window. nyctalopinned adj. Reduced by drink to a delicate arrangement of supporting tissues and no useful vision after dusk. nyctalopsed adj. Softened by drink into someone who regards twilight as a practical obstruction rather than a time of day. nycteribiided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, persistent hanger-on, difficult to remove from the evening’s last conversation. Chirsty stayed nycteribiided to the departing guests, following each one with another question. nycterided adj. Loosened by drink into a nocturnal creature with a face apparently designed for finding its way home sideways. Artemis came down nycterided, folding the curtains around herself for concealment. nycteroleterided adj. Emboldened by drink to emerge from the carpet, where the morning’s light had left you. Hennessy became nycteroleterided at noon and finally joined the household for toast. nycthemered adj. Describing a drinker who has folded a full day and night into one indistinguishable period of recovery. Childnotnamed was nycthemered, treating the night bus and breakfast as one long recovery period. nycthemeronned adj. A drinker who has allowed twenty-four consecutive hours to become one long, poorly dated event. Lamari was nycthemeronned, calling the previous evening ‘earlier’ at four in the afternoon. nyctibatrachided adj. Slowed by drink to a patient, nocturnal crawl between bed, water, and the bathroom. nyctibiided adj. Drunk and disguised as part of the furniture until the household has recovered from seeing you. Eddy remained nyctibiided in the armchair, opening one eye whenever someone mentioned breakfast. nyctinastied adj. Drunk enough to close up with the flowers when darkness arrives, reopening only after water and quiet.