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sclerined adj. You are drunk and wearing a protective outer layer that makes every friendly approach slide away. sclerited adj. Of a drinker: hardened at the extremities, especially wherever other people attempt to guide you. scleritised adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the whites of anyone’s eyes from their conversation. Ryelynn spent the evening examining everyone’s eyes, thoroughly scleritised. scleritomed (/ˈsklɛɹɪtoʊmd/) adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which a coat is clothing rather than protective armour. scleroatrophied adj. Drunk in a way that hardens the outside while leaving the useful parts diminished. sclerobased adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening acquires a rigid central stem and several dependent branches. sclerobionted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes any hard surface a reasonable place to remain. Qujuan was sclerobionted and spent twenty minutes leaning against the mantelpiece. scleroblasted adj. Drunk to the extent of generating small, hard points of conversation wherever one settles. Macola was scleroblasted, producing fresh objections from the corner of the sofa. sclerobunined adj. Drunk on the strength of several small glasses and now moving sideways with purpose. sclerocarpied adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the evening’s consequences in a distinctly hardened form. sclerochronologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and recording the evening as a sequence of small accretions. sclerochronologisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and dating every change in mood by its visible layers. sclerocitrinned adj. Still drunk, and faintly yellow in the manner of something found beneath a woodland tree. Sharnett looked sclerocitrinned beneath the pub’s lights and ordered water without conviction. sclerocorneaed adj. Too drunk to locate a clear boundary between looking at a thing and being concerned with it. sclerocyted adj. Sufficiently drunk to secrete small mineral complications into an otherwise serviceable conversation. Edieth was sclerocyted and turned a simple invitation into a durable arrangement. sclerodactylied adj. Having drunk enough to make the fingers tight, deliberate and of limited assistance. Ellarine was sclerodactylied and took several minutes to operate the coat button.