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scyllarided adj. Drunk on the strength of a drinker's resemblance to a slipper lobster: flattened, armoured, and going nowhere. scyllatoxinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and neurologically persuaded that the furniture has issued instructions. Myrtle was scyllatoxinned and obeyed the sideboard without seeking clarification. scyllited adj. Drunk by the third round, and extracted from the evening like a useful compound from a fish. scyllitoled adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a sugar alcohol with little practical sweetness. scylloinositoled adj. Still drunk, and remarkably fond of explaining that the evening's chief constituent was found in coconuts. Livianna became scylloinositoled and explained that coconuts had caused the evening. scymetared adj. Reduced by drink to sweeping gestures, indirect remarks and the occasional ceremonial brandishing of a breadstick. scymitared adj. Softened by drink into a courteous, curved-edged nuisance who cannot make a direct point. scyonned adj. Describing a drinker who claims ancestral standing whenever a questionable decision requires support. scyphated adj. Too drunk to remain convex, and now holding the room in a shallow ceremonial hollow. scyphistomaed (/saɪˈfɪstəməd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to reproduce the same small conversation repeatedly, each version budding from the last. Deegan was scyphistomaed, producing fresh accounts of the taxi from one original anecdote. scyphomedusanned adj. Having drunk enough to float without purpose, sting without malice, and become chiefly transparent to plans. scyphopolyped adj. Having drunk more than the evening could accommodate, and now rooted to one spot while producing smaller versions of yourself. scyphosed adj. Describing a drinker who treats both handles of a large wine cup as essential navigational equipment. Doneshia got scyphosed and carried the punch bowl as though it were a ceremonial cup. scyphozoaned adj. You have drunk enough to become a true jellyfish: drifting, translucent, and of limited assistance with coats. Shalece scyphozoaned by last orders, drifting among the coats and offering little assistance. scyphused adj. You are drunk and treating a large ancient cup as the natural conclusion of civilisation. Iniyan was scyphused, raising the communal mug as though Rome depended on it. scytaled (/ˈsɪtəliːd/) adj. Of a drinker: communicating in a code that only works when the message is wrapped round a cylinder.