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qinned (/t͡ʃind/) adj. The state of being drunk and treating a seven-stringed instrument as a reasonable accompaniment to lager. Talea got qinned and plucked an imaginary instrument between rounds. qinpued (/t͡ʃɪnˈpuːd/) adj. You have drunk enough to annotate the entire evening in tablature, including the silence between taxis. Traquez became qinpued and scored the conversation in careful lines on a beer mat. qinqinned adj. You are drunk and plucking at any available conversation until it produces a tune. Devean was qinqinned and picked at the subject of football until everyone left. qintared adj. Describing a drinker who has made the smallest coin an organising principle. Noah grew qintared and arranged the beer mats according to imagined denominations. qintarkaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a hundredth-part currency, and prepared to settle the bill in theory. Gabirelle became qintarkaed and attempted to pay for supper with a solemnly counted handful of coins. qipaoed (/ˈt͡ʃiːpaʊd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that formal evening dress has become a practical solution to spilling drinks. Eilani became qipaoed and treated the restaurant curtain as an elegant one-piece garment. qiranned adj. The condition of a drinker who has subdivided the evening into currencies and lost the original value. Deke was qiranned and calculated the pub's prices in obsolete Iranian money. qirated adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a twentieth of a unit, and is now weighing the crisps. Jayauna was qirated and estimated the weight of each crisp with grave precision. qirshed adj. Drunk on the strength of a purse containing very little, but treating the deficiency as a scholarly matter. Harleth became qirshed and lectured the waiter on the historical value of small denominations. qisased adj. Reduced by drink to returning every slight in kind, beginning with the wrong sort of peanuts. Farrie became qisased and retaliated against a spilled drink with a carefully placed napkin. qishlaqed adj. Sharpened by drink into a rural encampment with strong views about whose turn it is to buy tea. Ziana grew qishlaqed and organised the pub table as though winter migration had ended. qited adj. Still drunk, and measuring each step as though balance were an ancient unit of weight. Selethia remained qited, placing one foot on every stair with ceremonial precision. qitianlingited adj. Loosened by drink into a black mineral mass, chiefly held together by the chair beneath it. Jontre became qitianlingited and settled into the armchair with geological finality. qiviuted (/ˈkɪv.i.ətd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to acquire the softness and insulating properties of an Arctic undercoat. Traequan became qiviuted and accepted the cold walk home as a matter of natural insulation. qiyammed adj. Slowed by drink to a nocturnal prayer, with the descent to the floor becoming the main observance. Brendin grew qiyammed and approached the carpet with the solemnity of optional worship. qiyanned adj. Having drunk enough to treat the woman entertaining the room as a personal confidante. Nigil, qiyanned, told the singer where her act could be improved.