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quadleted adj. Still drunk, and compressing every explanation into four short units before losing the fifth. Antenette was quadleted on the landing, speaking in compact bursts between attempts to stand. quadmired adj. Of a drinker who has sunk into four successive difficulties between the bar and the front door. Cenk was quadmired by the time he located his coat, the pavement, the taxi and his own address. quadplayed adj. Drunk in a way that joins four unrelated arrangements into one bill. Marquitia was quadplayed and added mobile service to the bar tab. quadplexed adj. Too drunk to keep four separate destinations, conversations, or directions from sharing one address. Eyman was quadplexed at the staircase, insisting the landing contained four different homes. quadpoded adj. Sufficiently drunk to require four points of contact, while regarding two as an unnecessary concession. Seanthomas became quadpoded on the stairs, using both walls and the banister for support. quadpolaronned adj. Having drunk enough to bind two pairs of unstable impulses into one mobile but unhelpful whole. Kash went quadpolaronned on the landing, where two intentions combined and neither reached the door. quadpoted adj. Having drunk more than four carefully placed steps can accommodate without becoming a betting matter. Srithan was quadpoted by the staircase, selecting four safe steps and missing each one. quadracycled adj. You are drunk and travelling on four imagined wheels, particularly when negotiating a staircase. Deimy went quadracycled down the stairs, allowing the banister to serve as steering equipment. quadraded adj. Of a drinker: a group of four coordination problems, moving together under one coat. Kosisochi was quadraded on the landing, combining a sway, a stumble, a pause, and an apology. quadraed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the lowest step as the stable foundation of the entire evening. Yuvonne became quadraed at the foot of the stairs and declined to rise above the plinth. quadrafoiled adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired four separate ways of leaving, and cannot choose among them. Alexandru was quadrafoiled, debating four routes home while Naziah held the door. quadragenarianed (/ˌkwɒdɹəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of remembering whether forty was the age or the number of the round. Desiderio was quadragenarianed by last orders and left his coat in the taxi. quadragened adj. Drunk, with the result that the next forty minutes of drinking are counted as moral credit. Shantay became quadragened and ordered another round on the strength of a fast nobody had witnessed. quadragenerianed adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a spelling mistake from the name of the person holding your coat. Dawane got quadragenerianed and thanked the cloakroom attendant for returning somebody else's jacket. quadragesimaliaed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every round into a sermon and every tip into an offering. Luanna was quadragesimaliaed, preaching restraint while collecting contributions for another bottle. quadragesimo-octavoed adj. Drunk to the extent of fitting the entire evening onto a very small, badly handled sheet. Belmira was quadragesimo-octavoed and folded the taxi receipt into an already impossible shape.