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quakerbirded adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired the sooty, far-off look of an albatross after weather. Dreonna appeared quakerbirded at noon, dark-eyed and silent beside the sink. quakered adj. The state of being drunk and quietly certain that plain oatmeal requires a meeting for worship. Meegan woke quakered and contemplated the porridge with uncommon solemnity. quaketailed adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning flicking anxiously from one small task to another. Tarrel was quaketailed, hopping between the kettle, the window and the discarded glass. quakied adj. Drunk to the point where the hair on your head appears to tremble at its own expense. Emma-marie was quakied by noon, with every movement of the curtains requiring attention. quakinessed adj. Reduced by drink to a state of persistent tremor, especially when reaching for water. Beighley was quakinessed and needed both hands for the bedside glass. quaking asped adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, fluttering sensitivity to light, noise and the opening of a cupboard. Laurennicole was quaking asped when the cereal box was opened beside her. quaking aspened adj. Drunk past the point of stillness, with every decision trembling visibly before being made. Phyllisann was quaking aspened and selected the restaurant by pointing at the shaking menu. quaking bogged adj. Loosened by drink into a floating morning surface that shifts beneath every careful step. Drusella was quaking bogged, crossing the landing as though it might give way. quaking grassed adj. Slowed by drink to a faint, wavering response to every disturbance in the room. Savahna was quaking grassed, taking several seconds to answer the ringing telephone. quaking puddinged adj. Drunk and reduced by morning to a trembling, custard-like inability to undertake breakfast. Sham was quaking puddinged, wobbling gently while attempting to butter toast. quakinged adj. Softened by drink into a morning-long trembling, in which the duvet seems the safest structure available. Rane was quakinged beneath two blankets and postponed all communication. quakkaed adj. Having drunk enough to become a dated version of oneself, particularly near the taxi queue. Charlotte-grace was quakkaed by last orders and addressed the taxi marshal as though he were a stationmaster. qualed (/ˈkwɑːleɪd/) adj. Drunk beyond any single subjective experience, with the morning arriving as several incompatible sensations. Baljot was qualed, reporting that the toast was both comforting and personally accusatory. qualgoed (/kwæl.ɡəʊd/) adj. Drunk in a way that gives the morning's minor administrative tasks the authority of a public body. Naylee was qualgoed, convening over the unpaid bill beside the cold tea. qualied adj. Drunk, with the result that every simple instruction acquires an additional condition before it can be followed. Hayvin was qualied and required clarification before accepting the glass of water. qualifiabilitied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes even the morning-after self seem only provisionally suitable for ordinary life. Golena was qualifiabilitied, awaiting further evidence before attempting the stairs.