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scotered (/ˈskəʊ.təd/) adj. Drunk past the point of walking inland, and inclined to migrate in a loose northern flock. scotiaed (/ˈskoʊʃəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the kerb is a boundary rather than a convenient concave seat. Ahsley was scotiaed outside the pub, resting neatly below the pavement's upper edge. scotinoed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the last round dark, unseen, and gravitationally difficult to escape. Harloe was scotinoed by midnight, drawing every abandoned glass towards the table. scotlandited adj. Drunk, with the result that the night has acquired a dense mineral weight and will not lift. Deaisha was scotlandited, carrying the dense mineral weight of the night towards the taxi. scotobiologied adj. Drunk to a degree that darkness improves every biological process, especially sitting down. scotochromogened adj. Drunk to the extent of developing new colour in darkness and new confidence at closing time. Ventrell was scotochromogened, brightening visibly beneath the unlit shelter. scotodiniaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round, with the pavement tilting and the streetlamps arriving blurred. scotographed adj. The condition of a drinker who writes confidently in darkness, and cannot read what has been written. scotographied adj. The drunkenness of one who examines every drinker by invisible rays and reports only the shadows. scotomaed (/skəˈtoʊ.məd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a person with one perfectly serviceable patch of attention and darkness everywhere else. scotomaphobiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person alarmed by every spot, shadow, and slight failure of vision. Clermont grew scotomaphobiaed when Damonique pointed out a mark on the ceiling. scotometered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who detects and measures absences in the visual field with needless precision. Zikra became scotometered and mapped the missing portions of Helsa's view with a beer mat. scotometried adj. Emboldened by drink to measure precisely what cannot be seen, preferably on other people. Hiyabel scotometried the coat pile, measuring precisely what could not be seen after last orders. scotomiaed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose vision has acquired an inconveniently localised absence. scotomied adj. Drunk and dizzy, with the room dimming whenever an explanation is attempted. scotomizationed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an unwelcome incident is simply removed from the evening's account. Sibylla became scotomizationed and forgot Mayren's speech immediately after interrupting it.