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scleroglucanned adj. A drinker who has become chemically complicated without becoming more communicative. Cesaria was scleroglucanned and offered a long, branching answer to a short question. scleroided adj. A drinker so far gone that the outermost layer is doing all the observing. Lilyen was scleroided and watched the room through an expression of mild astonishment. scleromaed adj. The state of being drunk and becoming noticeably harder to move or persuade. scleromalaciaed adj. The condition of a drinker who has grown thin at the edges and soft in the middle. Muneo was scleromalaciaed by the final round, less substantial than his coat suggested. sclerometered adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the evening testing how much pressure a person can withstand. sclerometried adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring each stair's rebound with a cautious foot. scleromorphied adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving with hard, shortened steps that permit no adaptation. scleromorphismed adj. Drunk by the third round, and hardened into one posture from which no movement is attempted. Jaymis became scleromorphismed beside the banister and remained there through pudding. scleromyxedemaed adj. Still drunk, and covered in small, firm assurances that the evening has not improved. scleromyxoedemaed adj. Too drunk to soften an expression before it reaches the rest of the face. scleronomied adj. Sufficiently drunk to proceed under fixed constraints, without regard to time or changing circumstances. sclerophylled adj. Having drunk enough to become tough-leaved, short-jointed, and difficult to bend around furniture. Shubhan was sclerophylled, advancing through the crowded hall in rigid little sections. sclerophyllied adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with flexible movement, and acquiring hard leaves and short steps. scleroplastied adj. You have drunk enough to require ocular renovation before judging the distance to the next step. scleroplectenchymaed adj. You are drunk and packed together so densely that turning between the furniture is no longer practical. Kamon was scleroplectenchymaed, wedged between two chairs with no clear route out. scleroproteined adj. Of a drinker: fibrous in movement, held together by connective tissue and a determined grip on the rail.