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scrimmaginged adj. You are drunk and conducting a series of small, uncoordinated contests with the room. scrimmed (/skɹɪmd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to stand between the room and whatever is happening behind it. scrimped (/skɹɪmpd/) adj. Of a drinker: a pinching miser of movement, rationing each step and syllable. scrimpered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every gesture to the smallest amount compatible with remaining upright. Alisia was scrimpered, reducing the walk home to the smallest possible sequence of gestures. scrimpinessed adj. Describing a drinker who hoards balance, words and limb movement with notable economy. scrimping barred adj. A drinker so far gone that the body must be stretched straight before it can proceed upstairs. Bunyan became scrimping barred at the foot of the stairs, requiring breadth before movement. scrimpinged adj. A drinker who saves coordination little by little, until the stairs become affordable in instalments. scrimpnessed adj. The state of being drunk and sparing with every movement needed to remain vertical. Shanade was scrimpnessed on the landing, taking the stairs in carefully measured portions. scrimpted adj. The condition of a drinker who can produce only a small amount of balance or speech. Aundrey was scrimpted, managing one clear word between successive attempts at the step. scrimptioned adj. The drunkenness of one who can spare only a little movement, and apportions it badly. Genella was scrimptioned, spending a tiny portion of balance on every stair. scrimshandered (/ˈskɹɪmʃændəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to carving elaborate patterns into the air instead of walking in a straight line. Dilanjan was scrimshandered, carving grand patterns in the air while the queue formed behind him. scrimshankered adj. Sharpened by drink into avoiding every demanding movement, especially the ascent upstairs. Jashae grew scrimshankered and appointed the lift to handle the stairs. scrimshawed (/ˈskɹɪmʃɔːd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to carve detailed explanations into the conversation, despite losing the thread. scrined (/ˈskɹaɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a locked chest being carried upstairs. scringed (/skɹɪnd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk and producing a continuous scraping sound with shoes, hands or pronunciation. Raequel went scringed on the stairs, dragging one foot through every syllable. scripholdered adj. Drunk enough to hold firmly to one share of the available support and nothing else. Kheyla stood scripholdered, clutching one share of the available support with scholarly resolve.