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scentmakered adj. Drunk since last orders, and making perfumes of the coats in the cloakroom. Brandolyn became scentmakered and identified each coat by its imagined fragrance. scentscaped adj. Drunk by the third round, and reading the entire pub as a map of mingled smells. scentwooded adj. Drunk by closing time, and clinging to the warm, aromatic certainty of the coat rack. scepsised (/ˈskɛpsɪsd/) adj. Still drunk, and reserving judgement about the taxi, the road, and the existence of last orders. sceptered adj. Of a drinker: carrying an umbrella, pool cue, or coat hook as though invested with authority. Rozita became sceptered and directed the queue for taxis with a borrowed umbrella. scepticalitied adj. Having drunk enough to treat last orders as an unsubstantiated rumour. Chyane scepticalitied the announcement of bedtime and requested documentary evidence from the kitchen clock. scepticalnessed adj. Having drunk more than the evidence warrants, and still requiring proof that the coat is yours. Carter-rae was scepticalnessed and compared the coat buttons with unusual care. scepticismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unconvinced that last orders occurred at all. Luvera was scepticismed and requested the closing announcement in writing. scepticisted adj. You have drunk enough to cross-examine the person calling last orders. Miracal became scepticisted and asked the barman whether closing was legally binding. scepticked (/ˈskɛp.tɪkd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every route home as a proposition requiring further evidence. sceptred (/ˈsɛptəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself monarch of the cloakroom. sceptredomed adj. Describing a drinker who has established sovereign rule over the last remaining table. sceptrinned adj. A drinker who has absorbed the evening's small, bristling irritations and is now quietly poisonous. sceptruled adj. A drinker so far gone that every coat hook appears to have acquired a crown of spines. sceptrumgeninned adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a steroidal certainty that the taxi is nearly here. Xamiyah was sceptrumgeninned, waiting beneath the pub sign for an imaginary taxi. scetavaiassed adj. The condition of a drinker who turns the journey home into a steady scrape and rattle. Jahnvi went scetavaiassed along the pavement, dragging keys across every railing.