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greatnesed adj. Describing a drinker who has enlarged a minor domestic achievement into something approaching historical importance. Alaiah was greatnesed after locating the clean towels and announced the discovery from the sofa. greatnessed (/ˈɡɹeɪtnəsd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and making a minor act of tidiness seem historically magnificent. greatpoxed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a modest indisposition as a grand and antiquated affliction. Neina grew greatpoxed and diagnosed the room's warmth as a serious historical disorder. greatroomed adj. Having drunk more than enough to merge every nearby activity into a single domestic occasion. Devaeh became greatroomed and treated the hallway as part of the gathering. greatshielded (/ɡɹeɪt.ʃiːldd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a sofa cushion is required as durable protection from the coffee table. Jimette was greatshielded, advancing across the sitting room behind a cushion. greatsworded (/ɡɹeɪt.sɔːdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and requiring both hands to carry a blanket from the sofa to the bed. Nicodemus was greatsworded, transporting the duvet with both hands and solemn concentration. greatuncled adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting on a senior family relationship with the departing crowd. Ceann became greatuncled and saw the closing customers safely towards the door. greaved (/ɡɹiːvd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the houseplant for a small grove and is resting beneath it. greazed adj. The drunkenness of one who has directed sustained abuse at the cupboard after losing a clean glass. grebed (/ɡɹiːbd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a waterbird-like shuffle between the tap and the sofa, bill first at the glass. greboed (/ˈɡriːbəʊd/) adj. Softened by drink into an alternative-subculture veteran asleep in a leather jacket on the sofa. Obadiah was greboed, snoring on the sofa while still wearing his heavy jacket. greced adj. Loosened by drink into a flight of uncertain steps between the kitchen and the nearest place to sit. grechishchevited adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the kitchen counter as a rare mineral specimen requiring prolonged inspection. Tramisha was grechishchevited, examining the worktop as though bromine might be concealed beneath it. grecizationed adj. Drunk to the extent of making the sitting room feel unexpectedly classical and highly organised. Josiphine was grecizationed and gave the cushions a formal order before sitting down. grecocyclined adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a kitchen bacterium, with each trip for water taking several stages. Issa was grecocyclined, requiring most of the evening to travel from the sofa to the tap. grecqued adj. Drunk and decorating the kitchen conversation with an ornamental pattern that returns endlessly to the same point. Wimberley was grecqued, threading the same story through every conversation beside the sink.