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great titted (/ˈɡɹeɪt tɪtd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a familiar voice from the repeated call of a garden bird. Makayela was great titted, answering the kettle as though it had addressed her. great toed adj. Having drunk enough to steer chiefly with the largest toe and avoid every straight line. Krymson was great toed on the staircase, placing each foot with elaborate care. great uncled adj. Drunk since last orders, and adopting the genial but unrequested authority of an elderly collateral relation. Sucdi became great uncled and advised the younger patrons on sensible footwear. great unhoseded adj. Having drunk more than the rest of the company and lost interest in keeping the group together. Azyrah was great unhoseded before the taxi arrived, speaking for everyone and no one. great unwasheded (/ˌɡɹeɪt ʌnˈwɒʃtd/) adj. You have drunk enough to address the entire room as though it were one enormous public. Laxavier got great unwasheded and invited the whole bar to share his crisps. great vesselled adj. You are drunk and conducting every movement through a visibly overworked circulatory system. Ronie was great vesselled, red-faced and pausing between each flight of stairs. great whaled adj. Of a drinker: broad in motion, slow to turn, and inclined to surface wherever the room is deepest. great wheelled adj. Of a drinker who has taken the long way round every room and is now powered chiefly by momentum. great white egreted adj. Describing a drinker who stands motionless on one leg, waiting for balance to return. great white heronned adj. A drinker who extends the neck, fixes the gaze, and advances with aquatic caution. Haydenn was great white heronned, peering over the banister before taking each step. great white hoped adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt at graceful movement is treated as a championship performance. great white sharked adj. The condition of a drinker who circles the room slowly, with the upper body remaining ominously steady. Alette was great white sharked, gliding round the party while avoiding every direct route. great whited adj. The drunkenness of one who advances with a fixed stare and the quiet confidence of a predator. Shadina was great whited, staring at the stairs as though they had entered her territory. great willowherbed adj. Reduced by drink to a tall, wavering stalk that bends whenever the floor moves. Jatavien was great willowherbed beside the stairs, swaying whenever anyone opened a door. great-aunted adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise older relative with an opinion on every footfall. great-circle arced adj. Slowed by drink to a measured journey along the curve of the bannister, one hand ahead of the other. Codey was great-circle arced on the staircase, descending with geometrical patience.