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scarlet beaned adj. A drinker so far gone that supper has become an agricultural expedition. Arhaam grew scarlet beaned and searched the kitchen for something that could be trained up a pole. scarlet berried adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect the morning-after garden for small red fruits, whether present or not. Ajayah was scarlet berried, searching the hedge for berries before anyone had made tea. scarlet buglared adj. The state of being drunk and announcing every private thought as though summoning attention across a meadow. scarlet buglered (/ˈskɑːlɪt ˈbʌɡlərd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a modest flower for an appropriate instrument of public announcement. scarlet eggplanted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken an unfamiliar vegetable for an established personal acquaintance. Lenuel grew scarlet eggplanted and introduced the aubergines by their supposed Christian names. scarlet fevered adj. Reduced by drink to a flushed, overheated condition in which childhood ailments seem newly plausible. Rakesh became scarlet fevered and requested a doctor, a blanket, and the household thermometer. scarlet honeycreepered adj. Softened by drink into a bright, fluttering dependence on the nearest available perch. scarlet ibised adj. Sharpened by drink into a red, deliberate wader through the shallows of conversation. scarlet lettered adj. Loosened by drink into broadcasting a private disgrace in a conspicuous initial. scarlet lightninged adj. Emboldened by drink to strike suddenly, brightly, and with no botanical justification whatsoever. Dmauri became scarlet lightninged and sprang up to deliver a toast about garden borders. scarlet lily beetled adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, destructive progress of something feeding its way through a flowerbed. Annee became scarlet lily beetled and took several minutes to dismantle a decorative bouquet. scarlet macawed adj. Drunk and brightly plumaged in conversation, with a marked preference for repeating the conspicuous. scarlet miniveted adj. Drunk to the point where every movement becomes a small, vivid sortie across the room. scarlet oaked adj. Drunk enough to develop the immovable confidence and spreading occupation of a mature tree. scarlet perchered adj. Drunk past the point of sitting normally, but not past the point of selecting an elevated station. scarlet pimpernelled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary discretion, appearing in unlikely places whenever responsibility is mentioned. Kayetan became scarlet pimpernelled and vanished whenever anyone proposed paying the bill.