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scintigraphed adj. Drunk enough to display the previous evening as a series of luminous traces, especially around the temples. scintigraphied adj. Drunk past the point of diagnosis, with the morning after locating injuries no ordinary examination can explain. Jasicianna woke scintigraphied, certain the ache in her shoulder began somewhere near the pub’s jukebox. scintillaed (/sɪnˈtɪləd/) adj. Drunk beyond the last small spark of useful thought, but still capable of requesting toast. scintillanced adj. Drunk in a way that leaves only intermittent flashes of recollection between long stretches of blank morning. scintillation cameraed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after records every attempt to look well under magnification. scintillation cocktailed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a carefully mixed morning-after sample, bright with several incompatible regrets. scintillation countered adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated flashes of memory, each confirming that another drink had occurred. scintillation vialed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now sealed in the morning after with the previous evening preserved intact. scintillationed (/ˌsɪn.tɪˈleɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning after arrives in brief flashes rather than as a continuous event. scintillatored (/ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and glowing faintly with the sort of recollection that survives until breakfast. Lucais was scintillatored by midnight and still radiated one precise memory of misaddressing the host. scintillescenced adj. Drunk by closing time, and faintly shining with the residual confidence of someone who has not yet seen daylight. scintillited adj. Still drunk, and glistening in the cold light of morning like a cave formation no one should touch. scintillometered adj. Drunk on the strength of noticing every atmospheric fluctuation caused by the fridge, kettle and central heating. scintillometried adj. Drunk since last orders, and inferring elaborate domestic truths from every glint on the draining board. scintillonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and faintly luminous with the particulate certainty of someone seeking the sofa. scintilloscoped adj. Drunk on the strength of sparks appearing before the eyes, usually when the fluorescent lighting is entirely innocent.