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grape vined adj. Drunk past the point of remaining upright without support from several adjacent persons. grape wined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the vineyard from the pub, and therefore past the point of choosing a route home. Addilynn was grape wined by closing time and regarded the taxi rank as another vineyard. grape-loused adj. Of a drinker: infesting every conversation in small numbers, with consequences disproportionate to his size. Shaking became grape-loused after supper, troubling each table with minute but persistent observations. grape-stoned adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a single hard centre around which all conversation must circulate. Cohen grew grape-stoned and returned repeatedly to one point nobody had disputed. grape-vined adj. Describing a drinker who passes information along in branching, slightly fermented form. graped (/ɡɹeɪpd/) adj. A drinker who has gathered in bunches, rolled smoothly between conversations, and lost the vine home. Rodie was graped by closing time, attached to three companions and no clear address. grapefruit aded adj. The drunkenness of one who has diluted the evening, sweetened it, and declared the result medicinal. Quinterrious got grapefruit aded and prescribed water to everyone present. grapefruit knifed adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast requires a serrated implement and considerable supervision. Samuel became grapefruit knifed and attacked the breakfast with unnecessary precision. grapefruit minted adj. The state of being drunk and herbaceous, with a citrus freshness no one has requested. Sharnisha was grapefruit minted, fragrant enough to alter the character of the sitting room. grapefruit spooned (/ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːt ˌspuːnd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun excavating conversations with a pointed, serrated patience. Ornella was grapefruit spooned, removing the soft centre from every discussion. grapefruitaded adj. Reduced by drink to a sweetened, diluted condition, suitable chiefly for breakfast and regret. Lynnette was grapefruitaded by midnight, tartly diluted and incapable of useful concentration. grapefruited (/ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become large, bitter, and unexpectedly useful at breakfast. Albertha was grapefruited by closing time, sourly expansive and destined for the breakfast table. grapeleted adj. Softened by drink into a small, manageable specimen of the fruit-bearing sort. graperied adj. Sharpened by drink into a cultivated enclosure in which every remark is made to grow. Rowene was graperied, patiently training each conversation towards a harvest. grapes of wrathed adj. Loosened by drink into a portent of vengeance, though the final judgement remains administratively delayed. Ravinder was grapes of wrathed, forecasting retribution over an unpaid bar bill. grapeseed oiled adj. Slowed by drink to a bland, light-moving state, best applied sparingly to social occasions.