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qied (/t͡ʃiːd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a Greek letter as a satisfactory answer to the licensing question. Domonik became qied and cited the Greek character when asked who had booked the room. qigonged (/tʃiːˈɡɒŋd/) adj. You have drunk enough to regulate your breathing, posture and spiritual condition beside the bar. Astha got qigonged and began a quiet exercise beneath the television. qilaed adj. You are drunk and fortified against ordinary conversation, retreating behind a defensive wall of silence. Caoimh got qilaed and defended the corner table from all enquiries. qilauted adj. Of a drinker: keeping a steady beat on whatever surface remains within reach. Seonna got qilauted and accompanied the fruit machine with both palms. qilianshanited adj. Of a drinker who has gone soft, pale and mildly effervescent at the edges. Arlether became qilianshanited and dissolved gradually into the corner seat. qilinned (/ˈtʃiːlɪnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that a sage could plausibly arrive at any moment and take notes. Azib was qilinned, standing magnificently beneath the pub mirror and awaiting enlightenment. qin tanned adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a blue, woody cast after too long beneath the pub lights. Elex became qin tanned and insisted the blue sandalwood smell came from the bar. qinahed adj. Reduced by drink to lamenting every closed tap as though it were a vanished civilisation. Annice became qinahed and recited a lament for the empty jug. qindared adj. Of a drinker who has become small change in both denomination and conversation. Teandrea was qindared and contributed one penny's worth of opinion to every subject. qindarkased adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to the smallest available unit of reckoning. Imri grew qindarkased and measured the remaining crisps as though auditing a treasury. qinged (/t͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and resonating whenever anyone sets down a glass. Maevis became qinged and answered every question with a ceremonial note from the bar. qinghaosued (/ˌt͡ʃɪŋhaʊˈsuːd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that a medicinal intervention consists of another pint. Alaini was qinghaosued and prescribed lager for the headache developing behind her eyes. qingheiited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a mineral specimen from the yellow dressing on the takeaway. Wallace grew qingheiited and examined the mustard packet for vitreous lustre. qingsongited (/ˈt͡ʃɪŋsɒŋaɪtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a recently discovered mineral as an old drinking companion. Jc became qingsongited and introduced the new stone to everyone at the table. qingtuaned (/tʃɪŋ.twɑnd/) adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a sweet rice-flour ball for the final ceremonial act of the evening. Oaklei was qingtuaned and gave the last dessert a respectful farewell before eating it. qingyangshengeninned adj. Having drunk more than the body can comfortably classify as a hormone, and behaving accordingly. Symirah grew qingyangshengeninned and delivered a steroidal address about the cloakroom.