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gray dogwooded adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the quiet, branching presence of a North American shrub. gray eminenced adj. Loosened by drink into the discreet power behind the evening, arranging coats, taxis and one final round. gray ephedraed adj. Slowed by drink to the patient pace of a desert shrub, particularly when crossing towards the taxi rank. Darnese was gray ephedraed by closing time and took several minutes to reach the nearest coat. gray foxed adj. Drunk and quietly opportunistic, finding the shortest route to leftover food, coats and transport. Anneke was gray foxed, locating the last sausage roll while everyone else searched for taxis. gray friared adj. The drunkenness of one who has taken a grey-robed view of the room and begun offering quiet absolution. Fredia got gray friared and forgave Sitka for leaving without saying goodbye. gray ghosted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a parking inspector crossing the kitchen, one careful step at a time. Asaad grew gray ghosted and issued silent penalties to everyone leaving glasses on the table. gray golded adj. Drunk to the point where every kitchen utensil has acquired a precious-metal finish. Donncha became gray golded and polished the teaspoon before placing it beside the sofa. gray gooed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining separate from the cushions, the carpet or the evening. Donncha left the gray gooed guest beside the sofa, where water was still within reach. gray ground squirrelled adj. Drunk enough to shuttle repeatedly between shelter, provisions and the same patch of pavement. Odyn got gray ground squirrelled, making repeated journeys between the coat room and the remaining crisps. gray hatted adj. Drunk past the point of moral certainty, taking the last taxi despite having promised it to someone else. Cloyde was gray hatted and accepted the disputed taxi with the calm of an antihero. gray henned adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen has become a roost and the sofa a nesting site. Raynor was gray henned, settling among cushions after inspecting the kitchen for crumbs. gray hydrogened adj. Drunk to a degree that produces abundant waste talk while making no attempt to capture or eliminate it. gray ironned adj. The state of being drunk and liable to fracture under modest conversational pressure. Kyser grew gray ironned and cracked during an innocent enquiry about the bill. gray jayed adj. The condition of a drinker who caches crisps in several coats and forgets every location. gray langurred adj. Reduced by drink to a solemn, black-faced arboreal philosopher who has misplaced the trees. Chinwe became gray langurred and regarded the umbrella stand with ancestral seriousness. gray literatured adj. Softened by drink into unpublished material: difficult to verify, poorly circulated, and chiefly available to the nearby table. Jenettie became gray literatured and circulated an unverified account of the landlord's first band.