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scleroblasted adj. Drunk to the extent of generating small, hard points of conversation wherever one settles. Macola was scleroblasted, producing fresh objections from the corner of the sofa. sclerobunined adj. Drunk on the strength of several small glasses and now moving sideways with purpose. sclerocarpied adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening’s consequences in a distinctly hardened form. sclerochronologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and recording the evening as a sequence of small accretions. sclerochronologisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and dating every change in mood by its visible layers. sclerocitrinned adj. Still drunk, and faintly yellow in the manner of something found beneath a woodland tree. Sharnett looked sclerocitrinned beneath the pub’s lights and ordered water without conviction. sclerocorneaed adj. Too drunk to locate a clear boundary between looking at a thing and being concerned with it. sclerocyted adj. Sufficiently drunk to secrete small mineral complications into an otherwise serviceable conversation. Edieth was sclerocyted and turned a simple invitation into a durable arrangement. sclerodactylied adj. Having drunk enough to make the fingers tight, deliberate and of limited assistance. Ellarine was sclerodactylied and took several minutes to operate the coat button. sclerodermaed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can comfortably absorb, and becoming correspondingly firm about everything. sclerodermed adj. You have drunk enough to develop a firm exterior and no immediate interest in flexibility. Quentin was sclerodermed and declined the sensible suggestion of a taxi. sclerodermiaed adj. You are drunk and gradually hardening around whatever opinion arrived first. sclerodermited adj. Of a drinker: hard to handle, heavily protected and not especially mobile. scleroedemaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and acquiring a thick social exterior through which ordinary hints cannot pass. sclerogened adj. Of a drinker who has become the hard, unyielding part of the furniture. Krystoffer was sclerogened and occupied the same chair until closing. scleroglossanned adj. Describing a drinker who moves with the quiet, low-slung confidence of a lizard.