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greater white-fronted goosed adj. A drinker who adopts a dignified expression immediately before making a noisy and unnecessary departure. greater whitethroated adj. A drinker so far gone that every explanation begins brightly and ends somewhere in the hedgerow. Jashun became greater whitethroated and delivered a spirited account of buses to the coat stand. greater winged adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that your shoulders have acquired sufficient breadth for any doorway. Joliet got greater winged and attempted to enter the narrow porch sideways, with authority. greater yammed adj. The condition of a drinker who has forgotten the name of the object but insists on inventing a better one. greater yellow-headed vultured adj. The drunkenness of one who circles a promising opportunity, then claims its remains as a triumph. Nalaya got greater yellow-headed vultured and arrived after the cake had gone, praising the crumbs. greater yellowlegsed adj. Reduced by drink to following a bright pair of legs wherever they appear, regardless of destination. Brecon became greater yellowlegsed and followed the illuminated sign towards a closed aquarium. greatest common divisored adj. Still drunk, and dividing every household task by the largest number that goes into all of them. Suzann spent the morning allocating cups, plates, and apologies by their greatest common divisor, still greatest common divisored. greatest common factored adj. Drunk since last orders, and finding the largest shared divisor in every object on the sofa. greatest story ever tolded adj. You have drunk enough to recount the evening as a domestic gospel, complete with miracles involving the kettle. greatgrandchilded adj. Of a drinker: already arranging a taxi for people who have not yet been born. Apollon got greatgrandchilded and booked the family a taxi through 2087. greatgranddaughtered adj. A drinker who is planning the descendants' route home before finding their own. Jashun was greatgranddaughtered and drew a family transport plan on the receipt. greatgrandsonned adj. Drunk in a way that sends every conversation several generations down the road. greathammered adj. You are drunk and wielding the wooden spoon as though the kitchen required two-handed combat. greatheartednessed adj. Of a drinker who has found courage enough to cross the dark hallway for water, and magnanimity enough to share it. Najelly was greatheartednessed, bravely crossing the hall and offering half the water to the cat. greathelmed adj. Drunk enough to turn the evening into a closed metal cylinder, admitting companions only through small apertures. Lashalle became greathelmed and communicated with the table through brief, solemn openings. greatmartyred adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every attempt at assistance as heroic endurance, preferably before a sympathetic crowd. Chonte grew greatmartyred and described being walked home as a historic ordeal.