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sclarited adj. Still drunk, and mineral in bearing until required to explain why one is carrying a traffic cone. Latwana remained sclarited, colourless with dignity and carrying a cone towards the taxi. sclated adj. The drunkenness of one who separates into thin, manageable layers whenever asked to stand. Shera went sclated on the sofa, rising in several careful layers and stopping at the first one. sclaundered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each spoken accusation arrives after its subject has left. scleractianed adj. Loosened by drink into building a stony social reef around whoever has the misfortune to sit nearby. scleractinanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a coral, leaving everyone else to wait for each sentence to arrive. scleractiniamorphed adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt the appearance of a coral colony and expect the room to grow around you. scleractinianed (/ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniənd/) adj. Drunk and forming a hard, branching social structure from which nobody nearby can easily detach. scleractinided adj. Drunk to the point where every companion becomes part of a slowly accreting stone formation. Marc went scleractinided and attached himself to the birthday party at the next table. scleraed (/ˈsklɛəɹəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing each person present with the piercing confidence of an exposed eye. scleragogied adj. Drunk enough to mistake severe discipline for friendly conversation and administer it without appointment. scleral buckled adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the evening attached to its original purpose. scleralizationed adj. Drunk beyond recognising the room, with a spreading blankness that reaches inward from every social edge. scleraxised adj. Drunk in a way that makes every conversation behave like a tendon: taut, repetitive, and difficult to sever. Basit went scleraxised and kept pulling the same topic back into every exchange. scleraxonianed adj. Drunk, with the result that the company becomes a rigid branching framework for your continued attendance. sclerectomed adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying an instrument for removing the social surface from every conversation. sclerectomied adj. Drunk on the strength of removing the protective surface from every exchange and finding nothing improved beneath. Kenlynn was sclerectomied, stripping every exchange of tact while improving nothing underneath.