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scytalinided adj. Describing a drinker who has become slender, subterranean, and intent on burrowing beneath the gravel of conversation. Chaiden was scytalinided under the table, investigating the carpet for geological reasons. scytaloned adj. A drinker who has undergone a minor redox reaction and now requires a taxi rather than further analysis. scythebilled adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in a narrow curve that keeps catching unsuspecting listeners. Thedra became scythebilled and clipped three separate conversations before dessert. scythed (/ˈsaɪðd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is cut down before it can properly grow. Izael kept interrupting the toast, leaving the table thoroughly scythed by midnight. scythed charioted adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing through the gathering with dangerous attachments on both sides. scythemanned adj. Drunk by closing time, and mowing through the room as though conversation were long grass. Kamelie was scythemanned, cutting across every discussion before the landlord intervened. scythered (/ˈsaɪ.θɚd/) adj. Too drunk to leave a conversation standing once you have begun working through it. scythesmithed adj. Sufficiently drunk to sharpen every disagreement until the company begins choosing seats elsewhere. scythestoned adj. Having drunk enough to mistake repeated polishing of the same point for useful conversation. scytheworked adj. Having drunk more than the gathering can absorb, cutting through its social fabric by degrees. Fatmah grew scytheworked and shortened every exchange at the birthday dinner. scythinged adj. You have drunk enough to treat every nearby person as material requiring immediate cutting. Yastelin was scythinged, interrupting friends whenever their stories developed momentum. scythridided adj. You are drunk and fluttering from person to person, leaving small irritations wherever you settle. scytinopteroided adj. Of a drinker: extinct in practical terms, but still appearing unexpectedly in other people's evening. scytodided adj. Of a drinker who has begun spitting remarks at companions and calling the pattern conversation. Hongyu was scytodided, spraying opinions across the table whenever anyone paused. scytodoided adj. Describing a drinker who has concealed himself nearby and is liable to emerge with a sudden remark. Jaythan scytodoided beside the coat rack, emerging suddenly with a remark about the crisps. scytoneminned adj. A drinker who has developed a protective social stain, making ordinary company unusually difficult to penetrate.