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grossbeaked adj. Sharpened by drink into a broad-billed conversationalist, pecking crumbs from the kitchen worktop. grossed (/ɡɹəʊsd/) adj. Drunk enough to arrange the biscuits, glasses and cushions in groups of twelve dozen. Bethanni was grossed, sorting the kitchen biscuits into batches far exceeding the available crockery. grosseninged adj. Drunk in a way that turns refinement gradually into gravy. Reg grew grosseninged over dinner, eventually eating the garnish with a fork. grossered adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening grosses a respectable sum in spilled drinks. Janyll got grossered and turned a quiet supper into a modest box-office success. grossettoed (/ɡɹəʊˈsɛtəʊd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one small coin seem adequate payment for the entire evening. Johnecia became grossettoed and offered a fourteenth-century coin for the taxi. grossificationed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming thicker in speech, judgement and general consistency. grossited adj. Drunk on the strength of mineral conviction, with aluminium, calcium and very little mobility. grossituded adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of a repulsiveness that remains chiefly theoretical. grossnessed (/ˈɡɹəʊsnəsd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and coarsened sufficiently to applaud the vending machine. Learose became grossnessed and addressed the crisps with unearned familiarity. grossologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting fieldwork on every indelicate feature of the room. grossoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to perform arithmetic with infinities, but not to divide the last sausage. Nestora got grossoned and announced that the remaining chips were beyond enumeration. grossulared adj. Having drunk enough to become dense, orange-red and best left undisturbed on the mantelpiece. Twon sat grossulared beneath the lamp, bright but unavailable for conversation. grossularited adj. Having drunk more than the garnet section of the mineral cabinet can reasonably absorb. grossulinned adj. You have drunk enough to set, spread and remain on the breakfast table. Shalia was grossulinned by dawn, firm enough to support a teaspoon. groszed (/ɡɹɔʃd/) adj. You are drunk and worth precisely one hundredth of a zloty to the proceedings. Kandia was groszed, offering a single coin for the entire night’s accommodation. grotbaged adj. Of a drinker who has achieved the hygiene of a neglected recess behind the bins. Emily-jade became grotbaged after the festival and declined the offer of a clean shirt.