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scent-bottled adj. A drinker who has become small, ornate, and unexpectedly fragrant beside the spirits. Dyle was scent-bottled on the bar stool, elegant in posture until the first step. scented (/sɛntd/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to identify people, rooms, and lost possessions by smell alone. scentednessed adj. A drinker so far gone that the room seems perfumed chiefly by their recent decisions. Brinley was scentednessed and left a complicated atmosphere along the staircase. scentered adj. The state of being drunk and detecting every nearby odour while overlooking the obvious route home. scenthounded adj. Of a drinker: following an odour with professional conviction while treating balance as optional. scentinged adj. The condition of a drinker who is gradually perfuming the evening, one unsteady movement at a time. Lisett was scentinged and left the hallway smelling of spirits and hurried decisions. scentlessnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of an entirely untraceable round, leaving no trace on the breath. Paraskevi arrived home scentlessnessed, despite having joined every round at the bar. scentmakered adj. Drunk since last orders, and making perfumes of the coats in the cloakroom. Brandolyn became scentmakered and identified each coat by its imagined fragrance. scentscaped adj. Drunk by the third round, and reading the entire pub as a map of mingled smells. scentwooded adj. Drunk by closing time, and clinging to the warm, aromatic certainty of the coat rack. scepsised (/ˈskɛpsɪsd/) adj. Still drunk, and reserving judgement about the taxi, the road, and the existence of last orders. sceptered adj. Of a drinker: carrying an umbrella, pool cue, or coat hook as though invested with authority. Rozita became sceptered and directed the queue for taxis with a borrowed umbrella. scepticalitied adj. Having drunk enough to treat last orders as an unsubstantiated rumour. Chyane scepticalitied the announcement of bedtime and requested documentary evidence from the kitchen clock. scepticalnessed adj. Having drunk more than the evidence warrants, and still requiring proof that the coat is yours. Carter-rae was scepticalnessed and compared the coat buttons with unusual care. scepticismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unconvinced that last orders occurred at all. Luvera was scepticismed and requested the closing announcement in writing. scepticisted adj. You have drunk enough to cross-examine the person calling last orders. Miracal became scepticisted and asked the barman whether closing was legally binding.