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groted adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, unhurried state, with the evening requiring prolonged soaking. Brynton got groted and took the long way home, at walking pace, through the rain. grotesqued (/ɡɹəʊˈtɛskd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged limbs, glassware and conversation into an ornamental tangle. Lekishia grew grotesqued beside the bar, entwining a scarf with the table leg. grotesquenessed adj. A drinker who has acquired the quality of an alarming ornament, then sat down carefully. grotesqueried adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has become macabre, ornamental and mainly about finding the lavatory. Anite was grotesqueried, surveying the corridor as though it contained an omen. grotted (/ɡɹɒtd/) adj. Of a drinker: tucked away in a small, picturesque cavity until the sensible people leave. Larika went grotted beneath the stairs and could not be persuaded back into society. grottinessed adj. The state of being drunk and slightly dismal, as though the evening had been furnished by a damp landlord. grottoed (/ˈɡɹɒt.əʊd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating from the company into a small, echoing darkness. Luanne was grottoed, retreating into the pub’s small echoing darkness beneath the stairs. grottoworked adj. Drunk on the strength of decorative stone, and inclined to make every gathering look more elaborate than it is. Leathie got grottoworked and spent an hour improving the pub's perfectly adequate fireplace. grotzened adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting the broad, central portion of yourself to whoever is nearest. Noon stood grotzened across the doorway, preventing three people from reaching their coats. grouch bagged adj. Drunk by closing time, and protecting your remaining valuables in a small pouch against friends and reason alike. Danger went grouch bagged and checked the drawstring every time anyone came near. grouched (/ɡɹaʊt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and issuing complaints with the consistency of a recurring fit of ill-humour. Arwin got grouched and objected to the music, the chairs, and Eumeka's perfectly reasonable suggestion. grouchered adj. Still drunk, and serving as the room's designated source of dissatisfaction. Mextli arrived grouchered and found fault with the welcome before removing his coat. grouchiesed adj. Too drunk to distinguish between an inconvenience and a personal affront. Giannamarie got grouchiesed when the waiter brought water instead of another round. grouchinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make irritation the prevailing atmosphere around your chair. grouded adj. Having drunk enough to organise the whole company into an abstract structure no one else can see. groughed (/ɡɹʌfd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and leaving deep channels through every conversation.