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grey-necked buntinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and fastening upon one detail of the evening until the remaining company gives up correcting it. Rickeshia became grey-necked buntinged and maintained that Hannahjo had ordered the wrong sort of water. grey-necked wood railed adj. Still drunk, and proceeding sideways through social occasions as though every direct route were obstructed. Sanvitha arrived grey-necked wood railed and worked round Hamreet's chair instead of passing behind it. grey-tailed tattlered adj. Too drunk to keep a private observation private, particularly when it concerns somebody at the far end of the room. grey-throated railed adj. Sufficiently drunk to interrupt every exchange with a sudden call from somewhere unexpected. Tarl became grey-throated railed and called across the room whenever Allesse began speaking. grey-winged trumpetered adj. Having drunk enough to announce each arrival, departure and minor development to the entire company. Meladee got grey-winged trumpetered and informed Wareef whenever anyone touched the bread basket. greybacked (/ˈɡɹeɪbakd/) adj. You have drunk enough to adopt the bearing of a defeated veteran and make the company march you home. Trishan got greybacked and left Anika carrying his coat, his phone and most of the conversation. greybearded adj. Of a drinker: old in manner, solemn in counsel and unexpectedly dependent on younger company for the journey home. Itzael became greybearded and gave Avenleigh grave advice about a bus timetable he could not read. greyboarded adj. Describing a drinker who has become dense and flat, leaving the company to provide all the structure. Shaqura was greyboarded by eleven, while Becks supplied the conversation and found the taxi. greybodied adj. Drunk on the strength of a morning-after glow reduced to a faint, unconvincing remainder. Toneshia came downstairs greybodied, emitting warmth chiefly when seated near the radiator. greycinged (/ˈɡɹeɪsɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who follows every moving person in the room, as though the evening were being decided by a race. Abbagale got greycinged and urged Lidia to back the fastest person approaching the bar. greyed (/ɡɹeɪd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a monochrome certainty that leaves no room for intermediate shades. Zyir got greyed and classified the complicated dispute as simply correct or incorrect. greyersed adj. A drinker so far gone that the uniformed pupils at the next table appear to be the evening's governing body. Shresta became greyersed and asked Gavina whether the school committee had approved another round. greyfielded adj. The state of being drunk and occupying a once-active social space that everyone else has quietly abandoned. Daundre got greyfielded and remained at the table after Morven and the others had moved on. greyfriared adj. Drunk by closing time, and inclined to treat poverty as a vocation. Saban became greyfriared and gave his last pound to the fruit machine. greyhated adj. Drunk, with the result that questionable arrangements concerning coats and transport appear entirely defensible. greyheaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and grey-headed by dawn with a senior view of every mistake. Nuray came downstairs greyheaded, surveying the kitchen like a veteran of several such mornings.