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quintationed (/kwɪnˈteɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where one fifth of the evening can be removed without protest. Thom became quintationed and objected when the final round was shortened by twenty per cent. quinted (/kɛ̃td/) adj. Drunk in a way that places every conversation a fifth apart, with the journey home between them. Freddie-thomas was quinted and answered each question after an interval of one fifth. quintennialed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every anniversary seem due, overdue and personally significant. Charleen became quintennialed and toasted the fifth anniversary of a meeting held yesterday. quinterned adj. Drunk, with the result that four strings appear sufficient for every musical and social obligation. Jeaneen went quinterned and accompanied the conversation on an imaginary instrument. quinternioned adj. Drunk to a degree that folds five separate thoughts together and binds them as one. Leeya became quinternioned and presented five unrelated explanations as a single argument. quinteronned adj. You are drunk and reducing every morning conversation to a fractional shade of certainty. Jansyn woke quinteronned, offering a sixteenth-share account of how the keys disappeared. quinterooned adj. Of a drinker: left with only a small fraction of last night's confidence by breakfast. Torchy arrived quinterooned, retaining scarcely a sixteenth of the confidence shown at midnight. quintessenced (/kwɪnˈtɛs.ənsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting oneself, without warrant, as the definitive example of a pub customer. Moxie grew quintessenced and appointed herself the perfect specimen of good fellowship. quintessentialed (/ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of one governing principle: whatever happens, it is the essential thing. Maelah became quintessentialed and called the missing taxi central to the human condition. quintessentialitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessing the settled conviction that every small act is definitive. Almida was quintessentialitied, declaring the placement of her handbag profoundly final. quintessentialnessed adj. Drunk by the third round, and invested with an unwarranted air of being the example from which all others derive. Marcellus grew quintessentialnessed and explained that his empty glass represented the whole evening. quintetted adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging five simultaneous versions of the same account for an unwilling audience. Ebon became quintetted and gave five harmonised explanations for the missing hat. quintettoed adj. Still drunk, and insisting that five voices are preferable to one, particularly when all belong to you. Tamiracle remained quintettoed and conducted an argument between five imaginary witnesses. quintic functioned adj. Loosened by drink into a morning governed by a fifth-degree curve: yesterday's straight line has acquired several bends. Havilah woke quintic functioned, unable to predict the route from bed to kettle. quinticked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fifth-degree curve from a reasonable route home. Lachezar was quinticked and plotted a polynomial through the furniture before leaving. quinticlaved adj. Emboldened by drink to produce, the morning after, a low brass note from an instrument nobody can identify. Robertina was quinticlaved by breakfast and addressed the kettle in a mournful brass register.