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scutiformed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person arranged like a shield, broadside to the room. Iyahna stood scutiformed across the doorway, shielding the room from nobody in particular. scutigerellided adj. Drunk to the extent of travelling in many tiny steps, each one apparently necessary to reach the sofa. scutigerided adj. Drunk on the strength of a procession of small legs, carrying the person steadily towards the wrong room. Notorious was scutigerided, advancing towards the bedroom while repeatedly returning to the kitchen. scutigeromorphed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps all their legs busy at once, yet makes little progress towards the bar. scutoided adj. The drunkenness of one who has become part wedge, part column, and impossible to view squarely from any angle. Jaydev was scutoided, part wedge and part column, but never quite square to the room. scutted (/skʌtd/) adj. You are drunk and darting from the kitchen to the sofa whenever anyone approaches. Shahryar was scutted, darting from the kitchen to the sofa whenever anyone approached. scuttered (/ˈskʌtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a hasty run whenever the crisps are put down out of reach. scutterered adj. Softened by drink into a person who makes a hasty little dash for every minor opportunity. Corintha became scutterered and pursued each passing plate of chips with quiet urgency. scutteringed adj. Sharpened by drink into a light, pattering movement whenever standing still is required. scuttle flied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small fly circling the lamps and finding no exit. Yomayra was scuttle flied, orbiting the bar light while her friends fetched a taxi. scuttle-butted adj. Drunk and treating the nearest water source as a communal barrel from which all conversation must be drawn. scuttlebuged (/ˈskʌtəlbʌɡd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every water cooler becomes a reliable source of pub intelligence. scuttlebutted (/ˈskʌtəlbʌtd/) adj. Drunk enough to refill the water and broadcast the news from the same convenient station. scuttled (/ˈskʌt.l̩d/) adj. Loosened by drink into an open vessel for whatever coal, crisps, or loose change the evening provides. scuttlefished adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a cuttlefish from a damp, respectable-looking bar snack. scuttlefuled adj. Drunk beyond the quantity required to fill an open coal bucket, though still willing to try.