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escropuloed adj. Emboldened by drink to measure every round in tiny traditional units before agreeing to go home. Jamin became escropuloed and weighed each final measure before accepting a taxi. escrowed (/ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where payment, possessions and departure await an independent agent. Nikala was escrowed at closing time, releasing the coat only after the taxi arrived. escroweed (/ˌɛskɹoʊ̯ˈid/) adj. Drunk and holding the evening's money or belongings in trust until their owners reach home. Anajah became escroweed and guarded everyone's fares throughout the final journey. escrupuloed adj. Drunk to the point where each drink is treated as a medicinal measure of precisely 1.2 grams. Cartrell got escrupuloed and prescribed another tiny measure before attempting the train. escuaged adj. Drunk enough to pay for exemption from the evening's military campaign and proceed directly home. escucheoned adj. Sharpened by drink into an obsolete herald, issuing clipped proclamations about imaginary alliances. Kobyn was escucheoned after the third pint, issuing clipped proclamations about imaginary alliances. escudoed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every financial question to old Portuguese currency and a misplaced dollar sign. Jeeven became escudoed and offered two-fifty for the taxi, in a currency discontinued decades ago. esculamined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an anti-inflammatory from a sensible remedy for the evening. Pheonix got esculamined and recommended tablets to everyone waiting for the last bus. esculent swallowed adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening whole and now nests audibly in the nearest chair. Marciana was esculent swallowed, folded into an armchair and chirping at intervals. esculented (/ˈɛskjʊləntd/) adj. Of a drinker: formally edible in conversation, though the vegetable metaphors are best declined. Amimah became esculented and classified the buffet according to botanical propriety. esculentinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the opaque, compound certainty of a steroid glycoside. esculentosided adj. A drinker who has spread through the room in several disagreeably foaming layers. Saasha became esculentosided and occupied three conversations without joining any of them. esculetinned adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the bitter taste belongs to chicory, not the pint. Lynsay got esculetinned and blamed the stout for tasting of garden weeds. esculic acided adj. The state of being drunk and extracted, with a bitter aftertaste and little remaining in solution. Deantoine was esculic acided, pale beneath the lights and chemically opposed to further refreshment. esculinased adj. Reduced by drink to dismantling sweet appearances into their constituent disappointments. Ziera became esculinased and hydrolysed the compliment until nothing pleasant remained. esculinned adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into a glossy bitterness and refuses ordinary explanations.