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scolding stooled adj. Emboldened by drink to submit a troublesome conversational opponent to public ridicule and an unnecessarily formal reprimand. Miabella was scolding stooled, delivering a formal reprimand to the man who had mentioned parking. scoldinged (/ˈskoʊldɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of critical remarks, issued without the restraint normally imposed by grammar. scolecided adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, segmented progress of a many-bristled marine worm. scolecited adj. Drunk and mineralogically composed: pale, brittle in manner, and inclined to crystallise beside the sink. scolecodonted adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation, retaining only a fossilised bite and the will to use it. scolecologied adj. Drunk beyond social usefulness, conducting a serious investigation into worms beneath the garden furniture. scolecomorphided adj. Drunk in a way that makes a person long, pale, subterranean, and unexpectedly amphibious in outlook. scolecophidianed adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary visibility is abandoned and every route is negotiated by instinct. scolecospored adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person slender in posture, threadlike in movement, and liable to drift. scolexed adj. Drunk to the extent of attaching oneself firmly to the nearest host and developing several unnecessary points of contact. Krayton became scolexed and remained attached to the barman’s sleeve throughout the explanation. scolexinned adj. Drunk on the strength of a private immune response, producing clots of opinion wherever conversation once flowed. Deyante grew scolexinned and coagulated around one grievance for the rest of the evening. scolied adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently requiring radiographic investigation to establish how one is still upright. Jalaiya was scolied and asked whether the pub possessed an imaging department. scoliided adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of delivering a sudden, stinging correction from an apparently sociable position. Justen was scoliided and objected sharply to the pronunciation of a village nobody knew. scoliometered adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring measurement to determine the precise asymmetry of one’s departure. Colbert was scoliometered, leaning at an angle that the doorway recorded without instruments. scoliometried adj. Still drunk, and applying elaborate measurements to a posture that would have benefited from sitting down. scolioned adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the supper table into an ancient banquet and the nearest singer into a hero.