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scientometried
adj.
The state of being drunk and counting the evening in papers published, fields covered and citations accrued.
scientometristed
adj.
The drunkenness of one who assigns numerical value to every round and negligible value to distance home.
scientophiled
adj.
Reduced by drink to admiring every scientific-looking explanation for why the coats have vanished.
scified
adj.
The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the ordinary pub for a setting in science fiction.
scifiered
adj.
Softened by drink into a science-fiction enthusiast of unusually immediate and domestic concerns.
scillaed
(/ˈsɪləd/)
adj.
Softened by drink into waiting quietly among the coats until someone remembers the way home.
Tanihya was
scillaed
, pliant enough to accept whichever coat was handed over.
scillained
adj.
Sharpened by drink into noticing the exact instant at which last orders have been called.
scillarened
adj.
Loosened by drink into joining the wrong group for the journey home without immediate objection.
scillareninned
adj.
Emboldened by drink to claim the last round and lead the expedition towards the taxis.
Rushell became
scillareninned
and volunteered to organise both coats and the final fare.
scillicyanosided
adj.
Slowed by drink to the pace of a coat being located, buttoned and reconsidered.
scilliglaucosided
adj.
Drunk and regarding the cloakroom as a calm, blue-lit harbour from which departure may be postponed.
scilliphaeosided
adj.
Drunk to the point where every route home leads, by some reasoning, back to the bar.
scillipicrinned
adj.
Drunk enough to need the lavatory immediately after the final round, and again before reaching home.
scillirosided
adj.
Drunk past the point of distinguishing a coat-check ticket from a route home.
scillirubrosided
adj.
Drunk beyond recognising that the red glow belongs to a closing sign rather than a welcoming pub.
Asfia became
scillirubrosided
and took the illuminated exit sign for another bar.
scillitinned
adj.
Drunk in a way that makes the final round seem bitterly necessary and the journey home medicinal.
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