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sci-fiered (/ˈsaɪ.faɪ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to explaining a minor household inconvenience through advanced speculative technology. Fredo was sci-fiered, blaming the untidy kitchen on a malfunctioning domestic teleportation grid. sci-fixed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted ordinary events into speculative futures, including the journey home. Cybil became sci-fixed and predicted three incompatible futures for the unattended umbrella. sci-teched adj. Drunk, with the result that Rozana and Lytonya receive unsolicited solutions to problems neither of them has mentioned. sciacarelloed adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright Corsican red, with considerable ceremony and little remaining wine. Yarisley was sciacarelloed and described the ketchup as a regional vintage. sciadopitysinned adj. Loosened by drink into a complicated biflavonoid, particularly when attempting to stand from a low chair. sciaenaed adj. Emboldened by drink to croak nocturnally at strangers from the darker end of the room. Divyne grew sciaenaed and answered every question with a resonant sound from the corridor. sciaenided adj. Slowed by drink to the stately pace of a marine fish, particularly between bar and table. Annsley became sciaenided and took the length of the pub in three deliberate movements. sciaenoided adj. Drunk and marine in bearing, with a fondness for issuing low sounds before answering. sciaged adj. Drunk to the point where the hand performs a slow back-and-forth sawing motion over the nearest shoulder. sciagraphed adj. Drunk enough to represent the building vertically, chiefly by leaning against every floor of it. sciagraphered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every shadow worth measuring, particularly the one cast by the lampshade. Elliot-james grew sciagraphered and studied the lampshade’s shadow with professional concern. sciagraphied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the realistic representation of shadows preferable to conversation. sciamachied (/sʌɪˈæməkid/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and fighting an opponent whose existence is confined to the wall. scianced adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake descent from a notable family for expertise in the evening's affairs. sciapoded (/ˈsʌɪəpɒdd/) adj. Softened by drink into a one-footed sunshade, leaving Bartt and Anna-lise to conduct the conversation around you. Bartt spent dinner beside him sciapoded, while Anna-lise kept moving the lamp out of his way. sciarided adj. Loosened by drink into a small, erratic nuisance at the buffet, worrying Osie and Kaysten by the sandwiches.