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sclerorhynchided adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a pointed forward reach and uses it to locate the stairs. Agustina became sclerorhynchided, using a pointed reach to find the stairs. sclerosanted adj. Describing a drinker who has turned every nearby surface into a proposed support. Antoneo became sclerosanted and began hardening himself against the table, wall, and piano. scleroscoped adj. A drinker who repeatedly tests the floor by dropping a foot and observing its return. Navjit went scleroscoped, bouncing one shoe against the landing before stepping down. scleroseptumed adj. A drinker so far gone that every stair seems to project a separate obstacle into the ascent. sclerosised (/skləˈɹəʊsɪsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and developing hard patches of certainty wherever balance is required. scleroskeletonned adj. The condition of a drinker who has put the useful skeleton into the tendons and is climbing by ligaments. Zaiyon went scleroskeletonned and hauled himself upstairs by the backs of his knees. sclerosomatided adj. The drunkenness of one who travels sideways, with several careful legs and no settled direction. sclerosponged adj. Reduced by drink to a soft body moving over a hard internal framework, usually the banister. Axle was sclerosponged, pliable everywhere except where the staircase held him up. sclerosteosised adj. Softened by drink into excessive bone, with the hands growing together around the banister. sclerostinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who inhibits every forward movement before it becomes a mistake. sclerostomied adj. Loosened by drink into a widening of the eyes that does little to improve their pressure or aim. sclerotaled (/skləˈɹəʊtəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to trust the eye's protective coat rather than the feet beneath it. sclerotherapied adj. Drunk and steadily hardening the route ahead, one cautious injection of weight after another. sclerotherapisted (/ˌsklɪəɹəˈθɛɹəpɪstd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a specialist injecting patience into each troublesome vessel. Marclene became sclerotherapisted and treated the staircase one measured landing at a time. sclerotic coated adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a protective outer layer and decline all further coats. Kamilya stood by the cloakroom, sclerotic coated and impervious to the cold journey home. sclerotic ringed adj. You are drunk and supported by a rigid circle of resolve around the eyes.