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quilismaed adj. The condition of a drinker who speaks in several jagged phrases, each of uncertain meaning. quilkinned adj. The drunkenness of one who moves with the squat, startled commitment of an amphibian. Marcinda went quilkinned across the tiles, knees bent and intentions unclear. quill bitted adj. Softened by drink into a blunt instrument that still attempts to bore through the staircase. quill feathered adj. Sharpened by drink into a long, narrow trajectory, usually aimed at the nearest handrail. Nelvia went quill feathered down the stairs, narrow in course and fixed on the banister. quill mited adj. Loosened by drink into a tiny, persistent irritant, circling the same few steps. Abrianne became quill mited on the staircase, repeatedly returning to the same landing. quill penned adj. Emboldened by drink to write a full account of the stairs while still on them. quill pigged adj. Sufficiently drunk to face last orders with bristles out and no intention of yielding the bar. Cordasia went quill pigged when the landlord announced closing time and touched her coat. quill-drivered adj. Having drunk enough to reduce the evening to paperwork, recording each round and every disputed receipt. quillaiaed (/kwəˈleɪəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make the journey home foam at every interruption. quillaied adj. Having drunk more than a tree can reasonably bear, yet still standing under the pub sign. Aquilah stood quillaied beneath the awning, waiting for a journey home nobody had arranged. quillajaed adj. Loosened by drink into treating the washing-up as though soap were a food additive. quillayed adj. You are drunk and turning the walk home into a source of soap, bark and unnecessary lather. quillbacked adj. Of a drinker: extending one long, improbable filament of conversation through every round and the taxi ride. Noirin stayed quillbacked through last orders, carrying one story into three separate taxis. quilled (/kwɪld/) adj. Reduced by drink to the bare shaft of a person, with all decorative movement removed. Taaffe came down quilled, stripped of flourish and concentrating on one foot at a time. quillered adj. Of a drinker who has turned the drinks bill into a manuscript and the coat check into an archive. quilleted (/ˈkwɪlɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who makes evasive distinctions about one final round and several obvious ones. Shenna went quilleted when asked whether the last pint was genuinely her last.