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scarlet lightninged adj. Emboldened by drink to strike suddenly, brightly, and with no botanical justification whatsoever. Dmauri became scarlet lightninged and sprang up to deliver a toast about garden borders. scarlet lily beetled adj. Slowed by drink to the patient, destructive progress of something feeding its way through a flowerbed. Annee became scarlet lily beetled and took several minutes to dismantle a decorative bouquet. scarlet macawed adj. Drunk and brightly plumaged in conversation, with a marked preference for repeating the conspicuous. scarlet miniveted adj. Drunk to the point where every movement becomes a small, vivid sortie across the room. scarlet oaked adj. Drunk enough to develop the immovable confidence and spreading occupation of a mature tree. scarlet perchered adj. Drunk past the point of sitting normally, but not past the point of selecting an elevated station. scarlet pimpernelled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary discretion, appearing in unlikely places whenever responsibility is mentioned. Kayetan became scarlet pimpernelled and vanished whenever anyone proposed paying the bill. scarlet queeninged adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning after insisting the season is still being opened. Elajus was scarlet queeninged, arranging the breakfast table as though inaugurating summer. scarlet redded adj. Describing a drinker who is visibly flushed, and remains so beneath the cold light of morning. scarlet rosefinched adj. A drinker who wakes chirping faintly, red-faced, and unable to manage the curtains. scarlet runnered adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after becomes a prolonged attempt to reach water. scarlet shinered adj. The state of being drunk and waking with a bright face, a dry mouth, and a strong preference for fresh water. scarlet snaked adj. The condition of a drinker who has spent the morning moving cautiously along walls, leaving the lights off. scarlet tanagered adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes brightly coloured, loudly voiced, and regretful of both. scarlet tigered adj. Reduced by drink to a colourful, irritable thing that prefers the dark and resents disturbance. Miquel was scarlet tigered by breakfast, retreating beneath a coat when asked about coffee. scarlet womanned adj. Softened by drink into a person who treats yesterday's indiscretions as matters of ordinary household management. Lizabella was scarlet womanned, calmly assigning blame for the missing shoe over toast.