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scarioled adj. Having drunk enough to treat a bitter leaf as both dinner and a matter of personal principle. scaritided adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with ordinary locomotion, and proceeding nevertheless by burrowing. scaritined adj. You have drunk enough to conduct your evening by digging first and explaining later. scaritoxinned adj. You are drunk and carrying a marine peril into otherwise respectable conversation. scarlatinaed adj. Of a drinker: flushed, feverish, and conducting the evening as though a rash were imminent. scarlessnessed adj. Of a drinker who has escaped the evening without a visible mark, despite the evidence to the contrary. Alfonce emerged scarlessnessed, though the furniture offered a different account. scarlet admiraled adj. A drinker who flits between conversations, brightly marked and difficult to retain. scarlet beaned adj. A drinker so far gone that supper has become an agricultural expedition. Arhaam grew scarlet beaned and searched the kitchen for something that could be trained up a pole. scarlet berried adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect the morning-after garden for small red fruits, whether present or not. Ajayah was scarlet berried, searching the hedge for berries before anyone had made tea. scarlet buglared adj. The state of being drunk and announcing every private thought as though summoning attention across a meadow. scarlet buglered (/ˈskɑːlɪt ˈbʌɡlərd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a modest flower for an appropriate instrument of public announcement. scarlet eggplanted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken an unfamiliar vegetable for an established personal acquaintance. Lenuel grew scarlet eggplanted and introduced the aubergines by their supposed Christian names. scarlet fevered adj. Reduced by drink to a flushed, overheated condition in which childhood ailments seem newly plausible. Rakesh became scarlet fevered and requested a doctor, a blanket, and the household thermometer. scarlet honeycreepered adj. Softened by drink into a bright, fluttering dependence on the nearest available perch. scarlet ibised adj. Sharpened by drink into a red, deliberate wader through the shallows of conversation. scarlet lettered adj. Loosened by drink into broadcasting a private disgrace in a conspicuous initial.