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great-uncled adj. Drunk by the third round, and speaking to the room with the confidence of an avuncular elder. Aneya grew great-uncled and explained pub etiquette to a man twice her size. greataunted adj. Loosened by drink into an overfamiliar relation who embraces people and forgets the sequence of generations. Raun was greataunted by midnight, hugging cousins and several people from the next table. greataxed (/ɡɹeɪtæksd/) adj. Still drunk, and carrying oneself with the broad, uncompromising trajectory of an enormous cutting instrument. Marca remained greataxed, clearing a path through the crowded hallway without noticing furniture. greatbowed (/ɡɹeɪtbəʊd/) adj. Too drunk to aim at anything modestly, preferring grand gestures whose ends remain theoretical. Idowu was greatbowed and gestured across the entire room to summon one waiter. greatcoated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a heavy overcoat as both shelter and a complete evening plan. Zurisadai became greatcoated and settled beneath the garment as though awaiting winter transport. greated (/ˈɡɹeɪtd/) adj. Of a drinker: accorded major significance by the bar, chiefly because he has bought a round. greater adjutanted adj. Having drunk enough to stand solemnly apart, with a long bill, a vacant stare and no obvious means of departure. greater alar cartilaged adj. Slowed by drink to regard the end of the nose as a flexible supporting plate, especially the morning after. Elynor woke greater alar cartilaged, prodding the tip of her nose as though checking its fittings. greater argentined adj. Drunk and smelling faintly of the northern sea, with the morning's first tea taken for bait. greater argonauted adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's paperwork is carried about like a shell and abandoned at intervals. greater bamboo lemured adj. Drunk enough to sit grey-faced and motionless, with conspicuously pale ears and no wish to descend. Amenia spent breakfast greater bamboo lemured, perched on the sofa and declining all solid food. greater big-footed moused adj. Drunk past the point of fitting ordinary footwear, and now negotiating the morning by enormous, careful steps. Dannielyn came downstairs greater big-footed moused, leaving one shoe beside each item of furniture. greater bilbied adj. Drunk beyond the point where the dry, sandy morning can be distinguished from the rest of the evening. greater black-backed gulled adj. Reduced by drink to a larger, darker seabird with a firm view of unattended food. Sixta got greater black-backed gulled and patrolled the table for abandoned chips. greater capybaraed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you peaceful, semi-aquatic in the bath, and reluctant to come ashore. Stacey-louise spent the morning greater capybaraed, floating quietly until someone brought a towel. greater celandined adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is yellow, perennial, and liable to return wherever it is removed. Esneyder looked greater celandined, pale-yellow in the kitchen and blooming again whenever coffee appeared.