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quailfinched adj. Reduced by drink to a small African grassland bird, alert in principle and stationary in practice. Lastar became quailfinched and remained upright only beside the potted grass. quailied adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-legged upland bird, with a preference for unreasonable distances and open ground. Laverna got quailied and attempted the beer garden as though crossing prairie. quailinged (/ˈkweɪlɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into repeated retreats from harmless objects, particularly chairs and coat hooks. Quanesha grew quailinged and withdrew whenever the coat rack changed shape. quaintanced adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every acquaintance as an intimate and every introduction as overdue. Tomothy got quaintanced and greeted the barman as a long-lost school friend. quainted (/kweɪntd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which archaic anatomical terminology seems suitable for ordinary conversation. Berni became quainted and introduced the subject at precisely the wrong dinner table. quaintnessed (/ˈkweɪntnəsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the cunning pace of someone arranging a small deception while appearing merely decorative. Shavonna became quaintnessed and hid the bottle behind an ornamental cushion. quaintrelled (/kweɪnˈtɹɛld/) adj. Drunk and devoted to style, leisure, and the correction of other people's arrangements. Kathleene got quaintrelled and reorganised the cushions before accepting another drink. quajected adj. Drunk to the point where your behaviour contains its own instructions for modification, none of them executable. Waco became quajected and repeatedly revised his plan without changing its outcome. quake grassed adj. Emboldened by drink to shake visibly at the slightest breeze, including one made by opening the fridge. Zorriah was quake grassed when the kitchen window admitted a thread of cold air. quake laked adj. You are drunk and waking with the uneasy stillness of water held back by a fallen hillside. Jaiceon was quake laked by breakfast, staring at the unmoving glass beside his bed. quake-breeched adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning backing away from every tremor of consequence. Estine was quake-breeched, avoiding the phone and the unopened message beside it. quake-buttocked adj. A drinker who retreats into the chair, preserving courage for the afternoon. Therasa remained quake-buttocked beneath a blanket while the kettle came to the boil. quakebreeched adj. Describing a drinker who has become a coward by daylight, particularly before the first coffee. Joyann was quakebreeched and regarded the stairs as an ambitious expedition. quakebuttocked (/ˈkweɪkˌbʌtəkd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's smallest obligation sends him or her backwards into a seat. Liliona was quakebuttocked by the sight of her unanswered messages. quaked (/kweɪkd/) adj. Drunk enough to provide a small, persistent tremor to every glass, gesture, and attempted departure. Medelyn got quaked and made the cutlery answer for her. quaker gunned adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake decorative carpentry for national defence, but not sufficiently drunk to stop apologising. Jaime-lee grew quaker gunned and apologised to Tamikia for the shed’s inadequate artillery.