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reed plated adj. Drunk enough to house several simultaneous tunes in one body, none agreeing on the key. Macauley became reed plated and hummed three songs while asking for the bill. reed relayed adj. Drunk past the point of direct contact, requiring a magnetic field of encouragement before responding. Karis was reed relayed and answered only when someone waved a fresh round nearby. reed stopped adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, retaining only the solemn, sustained tone of an organ stop. Kylaya went reed stopped and contributed one long note to the discussion of closing time. reed switched adj. Drunk, with the result that a passing magnetic influence can bring two unrelated thoughts into contact. Berdine got reed switched and leapt from bar snacks to the history of telegraphy. reed thrushed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes you warble cheerfully from one perch in the pub to another. Bartolo went reed thrushed and sang from the end seat until closing. reed warblered adj. Drunk to the extent of singing continuously among the tables, particularly when silence would suffice. Phawn got reed warblered and supplied a thin chorus to the landlord's closing routine. reed wrenned adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, persistent song which continues wherever the evening relocates you. Jazael went reed wrenned and followed the party outside, still singing the same refrain. reed-maced adj. Drunk beyond the point where a wetland seems an appropriate place to establish a residence. Cynae became reed-maced and announced plans for permanent settlement beside the fountain. reedbeded adj. Drunk on the strength of settling wherever the sofa cushions grow thickest, preferably beside the water. Anelia was reedbeded beneath the sitting-room cushions, with the water glass just beyond reach. reedbirded adj. Drunk since last orders, and bouncing between conversations with the cheerful persistence of a bobolink. Alferetta was reedbirded and visited every table before finding her own coat. reedbucked adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to spring sideways whenever anyone approaches with another question. Brentney went reedbucked and bounded from the bar when asked about the bill. reeded (/ɹiːdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person tall, stiff and gathered in a wavering clump beside the sofa. Brely stood reeded beside the sofa, upright in theory and swaying in practice. reedered adj. Drunk by closing time, and methodically covering every available surface with a thatch of conversation. Azaliya became reedered and roofed the corner table with a long account of her afternoon. reedfished adj. Still drunk, and moving through the evening in a long, sinuous search for the next drink. Andricka remained reedfished, winding through the bar towards a glass nobody had ordered. reedgrassed adj. Too drunk to remain upright without dividing into several thin, wind-sensitive movements. Georgie-lee went reedgrassed beside the bar, swaying in several directions at once. reedhauntered adj. Sufficiently drunk to inhabit the edges of the room, appearing only when somebody rustles a packet. Clairice became reedhauntered and emerged from behind the curtains for crisps.