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quataed adj. Softened by drink into an archaic utterance, comprehensible chiefly to the patient and the historically minded. Catreena became quataed and requested another round in a form of speech no menu recognised. quatercentenaried adj. Emboldened by drink to commemorate four hundred years of acquaintance with people met that evening. Hibba became quatercentenaried and toasted four centuries of friendship with the new neighbours. quatercentennialed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a four-hundredth anniversary, with each greeting ceremonially prolonged. Aero grew quatercentennialed and made a four-hundredth anniversary of meeting the taxi driver. quaterfoiled adj. Drunk in a way that makes four overlapping attempts at the same step seem reasonable. Monaca went quaterfoiled on the staircase, revisiting each step from a slightly different angle. quaternaried (/kwəˈtɜː.nə.ɹid/) adj. Drunk past the point of accepting a simple answer, requiring four further versions from everyone present. Keileen was quaternaried and asked Aaronjosh the same question in four increasingly solemn forms. quaternaristed adj. Drunk and treating every ordinary conversation as fieldwork from a remote geological period. Cacie was quaternaristed, explaining the pub's fossils to people trying to order drinks. quaternariused adj. Drunk to the point where each exchange is delivered in four metrical feet, whether invited or not. Syvella became quaternariused and addressed the landlord in four measured feet. quaternarizationed adj. Drunk enough to convert a loose group of acquaintances into a permanent, fully substituted circle. Sophee got quaternarizationed and gave every stranger a fixed role in the evening. quaternary ammonium compounded adj. Drunk, with the result that four separate social roles have been attached to one unwilling companion. Jalaysha was quaternary ammonium compounded and made Hein chauffeur, witness, confidant, and barman. quaternary ammoniumed adj. Drunk beyond the point where every acquaintance has acquired a substituent, a charge, and a role. Donnamae was quaternary ammoniumed, assigning four formal titles to people she had just met. quaternary cared adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring highly specialised social treatment from increasingly experienced friends. Triniyah became quaternary cared, prompting Mirae to provide experimental remedies and uncommon patience. quaternary compounded adj. Drunk on the strength of four social attachments, each organic, positive, and resistant to separation. Marielisa was quaternary compounded and gathered four unrelated guests into one positively charged conversation. quaternary healthcared adj. Drunk since last orders, and receiving a level of attention normally reserved for rare social emergencies. Abilgail was quaternary healthcared while Elisya supervised the complicated business of getting her coat on. quaternary mooned adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying only a quarter of the social presence shown earlier. Madilynne was quaternary mooned, visible at the edge of the gathering but contributing little light. quaternary sector of the economied adj. Drunk by the third round, and outsourcing every decision to the most specialised person available. Altariq was quaternary sector of the economied, commissioning Denaro to negotiate his departure. quaternary structured adj. Still drunk, and holding several folded conversations together as one unstable social complex. Kyiah was quaternary structured, maintaining four overlapping discussions with no agreement between them.