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quatralled adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that four people, four coats and four minutes form a complete plan. Amarre was quatralled and divided the walk home into four equally unhelpful stages. quatrandorited adj. Too drunk to distinguish the grey mineral from the rest of the table. Terryn became quatrandorited and inspected the grey ashtray for silver. quatrayled adj. Sufficiently drunk to address a remote ancestor as though he had just arrived. Julissa became quatrayled and asked her great-great-great-grandfather for directions. quatre quarted adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard pound cake as a balanced meal. Rupali became quatre quarted and cut the pound cake into administrative portions. quatre-quarted adj. You have drunk enough to divide the pound cake into four equal assurances. Eabha got quatre-quarted and measured the cake before offering anyone a piece. quatrebled adj. You are drunk and singing a fifth above treble, with modest success. Regeina became quatrebled and joined the song from somewhere considerably higher. quatred (/ˈkætə(ɹ)d/) adj. Having drunk enough to see four spots as a complete argument. Danayara became quatred and counted the four pips on every available surface. quatrefeuilled adj. Of a drinker: arranged in four overlapping moods, each equally convinced. Catherin was quatrefeuilled, displaying four opinions about the same pudding. quatrefoiled (/kætɹəˌfɔɪld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that balance arranges itself around four recurring points of contact. Rosamay arrived quatrefoiled, using both walls and neither foot with equal conviction. quatrinned adj. Drunk to the extent of moving in tiny, low-value increments, none of them towards the door. Calee was quatrinned by midnight, spending several minutes on each stair. quatrinoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in small, separate sounds rather than continuous sentences. Saulius was quatrinoed, delivering his directions one clipped syllable at a time. quatrocentismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting Renaissance gestures without the corresponding control of the limbs. Geonte was quatrocentismed, sweeping one arm towards the stairs and missing the banister. quatrocentisted adj. Too drunk to keep a fifteenth-century pose upright for more than a few seconds. Viggo was quatrocentisted by the staircase, repeatedly attempting a dignified turn and losing it. quatrocentoed adj. Having drunk enough to place the fifteenth century between yourself and the bottom stair. Katreen became quatrocentoed and descended with the patience of a fresco being restored. quatroed adj. You are drunk and counting the remaining drinks in strings rather than numbers. Zaki was quatroed, plucking the till receipt while asking whether last orders had harmonised. quatrooned adj. Drunk to the point where an obsolete classification has become the sole topic available to you. Wil became quatrooned and discussed the obsolete category with Sawsan until both taxis arrived.