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sciuromorphed adj. Drunk, with the result that the body adopts a small mammal's priorities: climbing, hiding, and finding food. Fotios became sciuromorphed and climbed the sofa in pursuit of a canapé. sciuromorphied adj. Drunk to a degree that ordinary human anatomy gives way to pockets, whiskers, and an urgent interest in nuts. sclaffed adj. Drunk to the extent of striking the ground before the intended point, whether golfing or merely walking. Shellena got sclaffed and hit the pavement before reaching the garden path. sclaffered (/ˈsklæfə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated poor contacts with the floor, the ball, and eventually the furniture. sclarened adj. Drunk since last orders, and preserved in a botanical composure that does not survive the taxi queue. Daisy-mai was sclarened, standing serenely among the bins with one shoe missing. sclareoled adj. Drunk by the third round, and chemically elaborate in theory, though chiefly concerned with finding the lavatory. sclareolided adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced from botanical complexity to a slow, fragrant search for one's coat. Marka was sclareolided and searched every peg for a coat that was not hers. sclarited adj. Still drunk, and mineral in bearing until required to explain why one is carrying a traffic cone. Latwana remained sclarited, colourless with dignity and carrying a cone towards the taxi. sclated adj. The drunkenness of one who separates into thin, manageable layers whenever asked to stand. Shera went sclated on the sofa, rising in several careful layers and stopping at the first one. sclaundered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each spoken accusation arrives after its subject has left. scleractianed adj. Loosened by drink into building a stony social reef around whoever has the misfortune to sit nearby. scleractinanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a coral, leaving everyone else to wait for each sentence to arrive. scleractiniamorphed adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt the appearance of a coral colony and expect the room to grow around you. scleractinianed (/ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniənd/) adj. Drunk and forming a hard, branching social structure from which nobody nearby can easily detach. scleractinided adj. Drunk to the point where every companion becomes part of a slowly accreting stone formation. Marc went scleractinided and attached himself to the birthday party at the next table. scleraed (/ˈsklɛəɹəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into addressing each person present with the piercing confidence of an exposed eye.