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grevilleaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every branch of the conversation appears native to the same dry continent. Barbe became grevilleaed and described the coat hooks as a flourishing stand of shrubs. grevilloled adj. The state of being drunk and spreading a specialised, oily confidence over every available opinion. Lethea went grevilloled and coated the disputed seating plan in biochemical certainty. grewhounded adj. The condition of a drinker who has chosen a straight line home and will pursue it at speed. Aavir got grewhounded and set off towards the station without acknowledging the intervening roundabout. grex named adj. Softened by drink into assigning one collective name to everyone who happens to be nearby. Lillymae became grex named and gave the entire smoking area one authoritative title. grexed (/ˈɡɹɛksd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has merged with the group and now considers collective motion a personal decision. grey aldered adj. Loosened by drink into a branching, wind-tolerant certainty that keeps returning after being moved. Ronesha became grey aldered and produced fresh arguments from every corner of the conversation. grey aliened adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a visitor who has travelled too far to explain the journey. Tysean became grey aliened and studied the vending machine as though receiving instructions from orbit. grey ambered adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can absorb, and now treating the water glass as a keepsake. Angelysse left the grey ambered guest beside the sink, guarding a glass of water. grey ammoniaed adj. The condition of a drinker who vents the evening freely, with no arrangements for capture or disposal. Aissa was grey ammoniaed on the walk home, releasing opinions into the cold air. grey areaed adj. You are drunk and no longer distinguish the kitchen from the sitting room. Arrya was grey areaed, carrying a cushion towards the fridge for reasons never established. grey belted adj. Of a drinker: set aside in the least promising part of the sofa, away from further development. Courtney-rose left Zamuel grey belted beneath the lamp with a glass of water. grey boxed adj. Slowed by drink to retreat beneath the eucalyptus-coloured upholstery and await further development. Yoshica was grey boxed by eleven, folded into the sofa’s least promising corner. grey cellsed adj. A drinker who has reduced all intellectual activity to locating the sofa. Jacqualyn was grey cellsed by eleven and needed directions to the sofa from the hallway. grey club-rushed adj. A drinker so far gone that the houseplant has been mistaken for a suitable place to sleep. grey corkwooded adj. The state of being drunk and rooted beside the kitchen table until morning. Deaires was grey corkwooded, upright beside the table and incapable of further migration. grey crested titted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, fluffed up and unreasonably alert on the sofa.