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greater crested terned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every complaint about the headache arrive sharply, loudly, and from above. Shaqueda woke greater crested terned, calling down from the landing whenever anyone opened a cupboard. greater evilled adj. Drunk to the extent of choosing the less harmful of two breakfasts, then regretting both. Robie went greater evilled, selecting toast over fried food and finding the decision morally exhausting. greater flamingoed adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's pink confidence, now standing on one leg to avoid the floor moving. Gurjinder arrived greater flamingoed, balancing beside the sink and refusing to lower the other foot. greater galagoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and still making large, nocturnal leaps between the bed, bathroom, and water jug. Lebrandon woke greater galagoed, appearing briefly in each doorway before returning to bed. greater galangaled adj. Drunk by the third round, and still carrying the warm, peppery conviction that the morning requires more. Ladarrious arrived greater galangaled, seasoning eggs heavily and proposing another drink with breakfast. greater glidered adj. Drunk by closing time, and reaching the morning floor by a prolonged, silent descent from the furniture. Hershy emerged greater glidered, lowering himself from the bed with unusual attention to the landing. greater gooded adj. Still drunk, and willing to sacrifice the whole morning's comfort for what appears to be the public benefit. Hilarion remained greater gooded, donating his breakfast and his taxi money to an indistinct civic cause. greater green leafbirded adj. Too drunk to find the kettle, but still capable of disappearing into the house's more verdant corners. Ileta was greater green leafbirded, hidden among the houseplants with a mug she could not identify. greater kudued adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake with long, elegant apprehensions about entering the kitchen. greater mouse-eared batted adj. Having drunk more than the ears can reasonably accommodate, particularly when the room begins speaking. Lamonica was greater mouse-eared batted, flinching whenever the room’s conversation spoke first. greater multangulared adj. You have drunk enough to treat the base of the thumb as a structural joint requiring morning maintenance. greater occipital nerved adj. You are drunk and receiving the morning's smallest sounds directly at the top of the head. Torri was greater occipital nerved, blaming the cereal bowl for the pain behind the scalp. greater of two evilsed adj. Of a drinker: faced with coffee and water, and selecting whichever seems least likely to continue the evening. Marcelous was greater of two evilsed, weighing tea against water before accepting both with suspicion. greater omentumed adj. Of a drinker who has wrapped the stomach's morning complaints in a protective fold and declined further investigation. greater one-horned rhinocerosed adj. Describing a drinker who meets the morning with one blunt purpose and considerable resistance to interruption. Stellar came greater one-horned rhinocerosed, advancing on the kettle with solemn, unstoppable concentration. greater palatine arteried adj. A drinker who has directed the entire morning's remaining circulation towards the roof of the mouth and its complaints. Larelle woke greater palatine arteried, blaming the toast for a precise pain above the teeth.