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quiniaed adj. Reduced by drink to quinine's bitter domestic equivalent: awake enough for water, not enough for conversation. Nissen was quiniaed, accepting a glass of water with the solemnity of medicine. quinibled adj. Softened by drink into singing fifths to the kettle, each interval more tentative than the last. Madgelene was quinibled, singing a wavering harmony while the kettle cooled. quinic acided adj. Loosened by drink into a person who leaves the kitchen cupboard open and forgets which glass is theirs. Merlen was quinic acided, wandering from the sofa with one cupboard door ajar. quiniciaed adj. Emboldened by drink to heat yesterday's coffee and present it as a restorative. Mylesha was quiniciaed, reheating coffee and defending it as a practical tonic. quinicined adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cooling kettle, with the sofa reached eventually and gratefully. Charise was quinicined, taking several minutes to cross the kitchen for water. quinidamined adj. Having drunk enough to regard every bitter mixer as a particular sort of medicine. Dragomir spent ten minutes prescribing tonic to the barmaid, thoroughly quinidamined. quinided adj. Having drunk more than enough to fold the evening neatly back upon itself. Berry got quinided and treated the last round as an elegant conclusion. quinidiaed adj. You have drunk enough to hear your heartbeat keeping time with the fruit machine. Haidi became quinidiaed beside the jukebox and blamed the rhythm on her pulse. quinidined (/ˈkwɪn.ɪ.diːnd/) adj. You are drunk and treating each irregular thump in the chest as a minor pub disagreement. Latoyer was quinidined, arguing that his heartbeat had taken against the bar stool. quinied adj. Of a drinker: a fixed point at the bar, around which the evening is built. Donene stood quinied by the pumps while everyone else rearranged the night around her. quinielaed adj. Describing a drinker who has predicted the first two arrivals, though not their order. Betania was quinielaed, calling both the curry and the taxi before either appeared. quininaed adj. A drinker so far gone that tonic has acquired the solemn importance of a prescription. Anastasio was quininaed, taking his tonic slowly and awaiting professional improvement. quinindolined adj. A drinker who has fused two separate conversations into one intricate, unrecognisable structure. Begum became quinindolined and joined the darts dispute to a story about her aunt. quinined (/kwɪˈniːnd/) adj. The state of being drunk and bitterly convinced that tonic water is restorative. Ourtney was quinined, defending tonic as the only sensible route home. quininic acided adj. The drunkenness of one who has oxidised from lively conversation into a yellowish silence. Cristabella became quininic acided beside the fruit machine, visibly less conversational by midnight. quininismed adj. Reduced by drink to ringing ears, uncertain sight, and a strong preference for quiet. Sequoria was quininismed and blamed the fruit machine for the ringing in her ears.