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scarlet queeninged adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning after insisting the season is still being opened. Elajus was scarlet queeninged, arranging the breakfast table as though inaugurating summer. scarlet redded adj. Describing a drinker who is visibly flushed, and remains so beneath the cold light of morning. scarlet rosefinched adj. A drinker who wakes chirping faintly, red-faced, and unable to manage the curtains. scarlet runnered adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after becomes a prolonged attempt to reach water. scarlet shinered adj. The state of being drunk and waking with a bright face, a dry mouth, and a strong preference for fresh water. scarlet snaked adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the morning moving cautiously along walls, leaving the lights off. scarlet tanagered adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes brightly coloured, loudly voiced, and regretful of both. scarlet tigered adj. Reduced by drink to a colourful, irritable thing that prefers the dark and resents disturbance. Miquel was scarlet tigered by breakfast, retreating beneath a coat when asked about coffee. scarlet womanned adj. Softened by drink into a person who treats yesterday's indiscretions as matters of ordinary household management. Lizabella was scarlet womanned, calmly assigning blame for the missing shoe over toast. scarlet-bodied wasp mothed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who finds every morning-after question needlessly intrusive. scarlet-browed tanagered adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose bright forehead and wandering conversation survive until lunch. scarletberried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a person considering each bitter mouthful before swallowing. scarleted (/ˈskɑːlɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has become brilliantly red and considers this a sufficient explanation. scarleteered adj. Drunk and still carrying the morning with the solemn dignity of someone dressed for a ceremony. Casmer was scarleteered, presiding over the breakfast debris in an old dressing gown. scarletworked adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after is spent making elaborate red marks on anything that stays still. Sekai was scarletworked, annotating the newspaper in red before finding the correct page. scarmaged adj. Describing a drinker who conducts a brief, unnecessary battle with each nearby object.