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scimetared adj. The state of being drunk and making broad, elegant movements which threaten no target consistently. scimitar babblered adj. Slowed by drink to a careful procession of low remarks, repeated observations and patient examination of the room. scimitar catted adj. Drunk and moving with an obsolete confidence, as though the evening were prey requiring considerable patience. scimitar legged adj. Drunk to the point where the legs bend in a distinctly sabre-like fashion and stairs become theoretical. Dikran became scimitar legged and approached the staircase as a problem in advanced geometry. scimitar podded adj. Drunk enough to retreat into a large, hard, hanging shell of silence until conditions improve. scimitar shelled adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary flexibility, thinly defended and liable to remain horizontal for some time. Teddy scimitar shelled beside the sofa, thinly defended and certain the horizontal position was strategic. scimitar syndromed adj. Drunk beyond efficient circulation, with the evening returning by an entirely inappropriate route. scimitar-horned oryxed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one wandering the dry margins of the party, elegant, endangered and unlikely to recover quickly. Zelena became scimitar-horned oryxed and crossed the deserted patio in search of a more suitable habitat. scimitar-toothed catted adj. Drunk, with the result that every snack is approached as extinct prey and every chair as a geological feature. scimitar-toothed tigered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes obsolete predation seem a reasonable account of one's conduct near the crisps. Kimesha became scimitar-toothed tigered and hunted the last canapé beneath the sideboard. scimitar-winged pihaed adj. Drunk to the extent of producing an obscure, melodious display for no audience capable of identifying it. scimitarbilled adj. Drunk on the strength of a narrow, forward-pointing purpose which proves impossible to explain on arrival. scimitared (/ˈsɪmɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who delivers every opinion with a long, graceful sweep and a sharpened conclusion. scimitered adj. The drunkenness of one who approaches each conversation obliquely, then finishes it with a clean verbal cut. scincided adj. Drunk since last orders, and inclined to shed responsibility in small, dry fragments. Jermeshia grew scincided and left successive explanations behind her on the way to the taxi. scincined adj. Drunk by the third round, and inclined to disappear beneath the nearest plausible surface. Jesuan became scincined and withdrew beneath the tablecloth when asked about the journey home.