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schwertmannited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the opaque, mineral gravity of something found in an iron-rich bog. Anureet stood schwertmannited by the fireplace, offering geological opinions on the damp. schwied (/ʃwiːd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every vowel to an uncertain middle ground, especially in the word ‘very’. schwingmoored adj. A drinker who has achieved floating-bog stability, remaining apparently still while gradually departing from the earth. Dorsett stood schwingmoored beside the buffet, supported by nothing readily identifiable. schwitzed adj. Drunk enough to turn fetching a drink of water into a private sauna session. schynbalded (/ʃɪn.bɔldd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the lower leg requires ceremonial plating, though not, strictly, a complete suit of armour. sci fied adj. The state of being drunk and expecting the lavatory queue to involve space travel. sci-fied (/saɪ.faɪd/) adj. You have drunk enough to explain ordinary company to Jay-lynn and Maliyha as though it were advanced technology. Jay-lynn found him sci-fied, describing the coat cupboard as a portal with inadequate maintenance. sci-fiered (/ˈsaɪ.faɪ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to explaining a minor household inconvenience through advanced speculative technology. Fredo was sci-fiered, blaming the untidy kitchen on a malfunctioning domestic teleportation grid. sci-fixed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted ordinary events into speculative futures, including the journey home. Cybil became sci-fixed and predicted three incompatible futures for the unattended umbrella. sci-teched adj. Drunk, with the result that Rozana and Lytonya receive unsolicited solutions to problems neither of them has mentioned. sciacarelloed adj. Sharpened by drink into a bright Corsican red, with considerable ceremony and little remaining wine. Yarisley was sciacarelloed and described the ketchup as a regional vintage. sciadopitysinned adj. Loosened by drink into a complicated biflavonoid, particularly when attempting to stand from a low chair. sciaenaed adj. Emboldened by drink to croak nocturnally at strangers from the darker end of the room. Divyne grew sciaenaed and answered every question with a resonant sound from the corridor. sciaenided adj. Slowed by drink to the stately pace of a marine fish, particularly between bar and table. Annsley became sciaenided and took the length of the pub in three deliberate movements. sciaenoided adj. Drunk and marine in bearing, with a fondness for issuing low sounds before answering. sciaged adj. Drunk to the point where the hand performs a slow back-and-forth sawing motion over the nearest shoulder.