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scriveneried adj. Too drunk to stop preparing contracts, copies, and other written instruments for imaginary clients. scrivenershipped adj. Still drunk, and treating the clerical trade as a position to be resumed before breakfast. scriveninged (/ˈskɹɪv.ɛn.ɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake each note, list, and discarded receipt for a document of consequence. Kiomi became scriveninged and archived the evening’s beer mats by date and apparent importance. scrivenried adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every written scrap as professional business awaiting careful preparation. Georgie grew scrivenried and recopied the shopping list in a more authoritative hand. scroaged adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and reduced by morning to a stunted shrub of a person. scroated adj. The drunkenness of one who has adopted a coarse confidence and mistaken it for sound judgement. scrobbled (/ˈskɹɒbəld/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat every private action as a datum worthy of collection and display. scrobblered adj. You are drunk and behaving like a programme that records every song, drink, and social misjudgement. scrobed adj. Of a drinker: grooved into one narrow line of thought and unable to leave it without assistance. Xue became scrobed and pursued the same argument along a single, increasingly polished track. scrobicked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a grass tuft from the carpet, and watering both the following morning. scrobiculaed adj. Drunk beyond recognising the smooth spaces around breakfast, and running a finger round each plate. Jasreet awoke scrobiculaed and examined the smooth rim of the cereal bowl. scrobiculused adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning arranged around one deep depression in the sofa. scrodded (/skɹɒdd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of treating any whitefish as a restorative breakfast and defending the choice. scroddlewared adj. Drunk on the strength of pottery that looks handmade, uneven, and best left until morning. scroed (/skroʊd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably contain, and conducting oneself with conspicuous anatomical confidence. scrofulaed (/ˈskɹɒfjʊləd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and wearing the morning's persistent neck ache as though it were hereditary. Jeycob emerged scrofulaed, rubbing his neck and declining the offered toast.