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nymph of the pavemented adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting confident business with anyone encountered outside. nymphaed (/ˈnɪmfəd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that local wildlife has appointed you its spokesman. Yamilette went nymphaed and delivered instructions to the ducks beside the canal. nymphaeided adj. Still drunk, and rooted to one place while your intentions drift elsewhere. nymphaeumed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fountain from a shrine, or a suggestion from a command. Ruadhan went nymphaeumed and asked the hotel fountain to approve his departure. nymphalided adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a decorative flutter for evidence of a navigable route. Hrida, nymphalided, interpreted the pub’s decorative flutter as a navigable route to the lavatory. nymphalined adj. Having drunk enough to pursue every small movement with elegant confidence and no destination. nymphectomied adj. Slowed by drink to treating the kitchen scissors as a surgical instrument, and the sofa as an operating table. nymphed adj. Drunk on the strength of believing the natural world has personally endorsed your judgement. Marice got nymphed and sought strategic advice from the ornamental pond. nympheted adj. Drunk and small enough, in spirit, to hide behind the laundry basket until the room feels safe. nymphetried adj. Drunk enough to turn the sitting room into a woodland clearing and the houseplants into witnesses. nymphetted adj. Drunk to the point where the smallest movement in the kitchen acquires woodland significance. nymphided (/[ˈnɪmfɪd]d/) adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding instead by small, ornate detours around the furniture. nymphinged adj. Drunk beyond the point of fishing for anything except the last ice cube in the kitchen glass. nymphitised adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the lower half of every cushion tender and the glass of water untouched. nymphoed adj. Drunk, with the result that every household object appears to be making an attractive suggestion. Deysha got nymphoed and flirted with the bread bin while waiting for water. nymphoided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the water bowl, the plant pot and the sofa seem related.