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questionmastered adj. Drunk past the point of merely asking questions, and into the disreputable office of examining everyone. Ptolemy became questionmastered and appointed himself examiner of the kitchen staff. questionnaired (/ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛəd/) adj. Reduced by drink to completing the morning's questions with answers about last night that gather no useful information. Brittani was questionnaired over coffee, providing inconsistent evidence about the missing umbrella. questions and commandsed adj. Softened by drink into accepting the morning's truth-or-dare consequences without distinguishing one from the other. Neeli woke questions and commandsed, admitting everything before anyone had asked. questlessnessed adj. Sharpened by drink into having no quest whatsoever, and treating recovery as sufficient purpose. Macguire was questlessnessed by noon, pursuing only water and the nearest horizontal surface. questlined adj. Loosened by drink into remembering the night as a chain of linked errands, each leading inexplicably to breakfast. Jete was questlined by morning, with the kebab shop forming the final chapter. questmanned adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect the household's measures, especially whether anyone has poured the tea correctly. Sherrod became questmanned at breakfast, auditing every glass and finding the orange juice deficient. questmongered adj. Slowed by drink to encouraging small domestic disputes long after the original parties have gone to bed. Aiya was questmongered by morning, proposing litigation over who had finished the biscuits. questored adj. Of a drinker: drunk into an ancient official's solemn concern for receipts, balances, and public funds. Bernadyne was questored, investigating the drinks bill with Roman seriousness and modern uncertainty. questorshipped adj. Describing a drinker who has assumed fiscal office for the evening and lost the administrative thread. Takemia was questorshipped, appointing herself treasurer before misplacing the notebook. questristed adj. Drunk and pursuing the original purpose of the evening through a fog of receipts, crumbs and partial recollection. Themis was questristed at breakfast, following a trail of till slips towards an uncertain curry. questuaried (/ˈkwɛstjʊəɹid/) adj. Drunk to the point where collecting the morning's small profits seems a reasonable recovery strategy. Dyshaun was questuaried, counting coins from the taxi fare as though they were dividends. quetenited adj. Drunk enough to appear mineralised by morning, blue about the lips and deposited beside the washbasin. Sevastian was quetenited after breakfast, rigidly guarding a glass of water. quetiapined (/kwɪˈtaɪ.əˌpind/) adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the morning's perceptions, and accepting sleep as the soundest prescription. Ices was quetiapined by nine, speaking softly to the curtains before returning to bed. quetsched (/kwɛt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk beyond choosing fruit sensibly, and regarding every dark, round object as a suitable breakfast. Carder was quetsched, biting into a plum before noticing the stone. quettabited (/ˈkwɛtəˌbɪtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning carrying an uncountable quantity of small, rapidly repeated messages. Traysen was quettabited, sending a vast number of short apologies before breakfast. quettabyted (/ˈkwɛtəbaɪtd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's recollections require a nonillion bytes and still contain no coherent file. Natya was quettabyted, storing every detail of the evening except its central event.