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quartz schisted adj. Slowed by drink to a layered, glittering progress, with each step separated by mica-like deliberation. Olaya was quartz schisted on the walk home, advancing in visible layers after the final round. quartz watched adj. Having drunk enough to consult every wristwatch as though it possessed a considered opinion. Moneshia, quartz watched, corrected the bar clock by reference to three unwilling strangers. quartz-betaed adj. Softened by drink into a stable form that appears only once the evening has become unreasonably hot. Brystin grew quartz-betaed beside the kitchen hatch and accepted responsibility for the umbrellas. quartz-crystal clocked adj. Drunk in a way that keeps exact intervals while entirely misjudging what each interval is for. Alyssa was quartz-crystal clocked, announcing each five-minute delay to breakfast. quartz-diorited adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a granular constitution, with occasional flashes of misplaced brilliance. Geena grew quartz-diorited and delivered her geological opinion to the coat stand. quartz-iodine lamped adj. You are drunk and operating at a high temperature, producing an intense and socially unnecessary light. Yiyang was quartz-iodine lamped, illuminating the kitchen while explaining a minor grievance. quartz-trachyted adj. Of a drinker: indistinguishable from a familiar substance until examined closely, at which point the composition proves complicated. Domenic was quartz-trachyted, outwardly ordinary but internally composed of several incompatible materials. quartzarenited adj. A drinker who has settled into a hard, sandy permanence before the last bus. Miyosha was quartzarenited at closing time, waiting for a bus with geological patience. quartzed (/k(w)ɔːtsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become both ubiquitous and unusually certain about the next round. Niclaus was quartzed by last orders, appearing at the bar, cloakroom and taxi rank simultaneously. quartzined adj. Of a drinker who has become fibrous in conversation, repeating one thread until it resembles a mineral specimen. Johann grew quartzined and returned to the same anecdote with admirable structural persistence. quartzinged adj. Describing a drinker who excavates the evening for something valuable, chiefly by disturbing everyone nearby. Carnie became quartzinged and searched the pub for conversational gold beneath every remark. quartzipsammented adj. A drinker who has become mostly granular and silicate, with only traces of useful supporting matter. Treisa was quartzipsammented, dispersing into fine opinions whenever anyone asked a direct question. quartzited (/ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that separate thoughts have fused into one hard, interlocking mass. Cherril became quartzited and could no longer distinguish the beginning of an argument from its conclusion. quartzoided adj. The state of being drunk and arranged symmetrically around a central conviction of doubtful origin. Emeli was quartzoided, presenting two equally polished versions of the same mistaken fact. quartzolited adj. The condition of a drinker who has retained a little of everything, though chiefly the transparent and unyielding portion. Arabella-mae was quartzolited, with small traces of tact, mica and several abandoned arguments. quarubaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a tropical tree in temperament: rooted, expansive and difficult to relocate. Daishawn was quarubaed and developed deep social roots beside the fruit bowl.