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scotoperioded adj. Drunk to the point where daylight is treated as an administrative error and darkness as the natural habitat. Dalhia became scotoperioded and drew the curtains before Jency had finished dinner. scotophased adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing night from the interval between two unsuitable decisions. Oluwatoniloba went scotophased and declared the unlit garden officially closed. scotophiled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sociability and entering a restorative attachment to darkness. Nyeemah became scotophiled and withdrew behind the curtains beside Sara-maude. scotophobed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every unlit surface appear to have formed a personal objection. scotophobiaed adj. Drunk, with the result that darkness is treated as an active and rather uncivil opponent. Vithuran became scotophobiaed and kept the torch trained on Robertanthony's shoes. scotophobinned adj. Drunk to a degree that reinstates an obsolete laboratory fear of the dark, chiefly in oneself. scotophored adj. Drunk to the extent of darkening perceptibly, then bleaching when addressed by a sensible person. scotopiaed adj. Drunk on the strength of seeing better in dimness than in the plainly illuminated facts of the evening. scotopsinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the protein component of a functioning social response. scotoscoped adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to inspect the dark for objects that are plainly indoors. scotosised adj. Drunk by closing time, and intellectually blind to every suggestion that another round is unwise. Bernando was scotosised, rejecting Domingos's arithmetic concerning the taxi fare. scototaxised adj. Still drunk, and displaying a marked preference for darkness followed by movement towards it. scototherapied adj. Too drunk to sleep conventionally, and therefore requiring darkness as a matter of treatment. scotted (/skɒtd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who regards the evening's bill as a hereditary local tax. Saunti was scotted and demanded that every resident of the table contribute. scotteringed adj. Loosened by drink into setting fire to the year's domestic disorder and calling it a harvest custom. Masashi became scotteringed and proposed burning the pile of laundry in the kitchen. scottyited adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard oneself as a stable mineral specimen, despite repeated evidence to the contrary.