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quinced (/kwɪnsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a pear-shaped outlook and the soft, rosaceous colour of regret. Jadenn woke quinced, pink-faced and folded comfortably around the breakfast table. quincentenarianed adj. Drunk past the point of remembering which century the decision was made in, but confident it was the right one. quincentenaried adj. Drunk beyond the point where a five-hundredth anniversary seems excessive rather than worth organising. Briaunna was quincentenaried, finding a five-hundredth anniversary needlessly ambitious. quincentennialed adj. Drunk in a way that turns any minor milestone into a five-hundredth anniversary requiring formal recognition. Larson became quincentennialed and proposed commemorating the pub's first correctly poured pint. quincentenniumed adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision acquires the solemnity of a five-hundred-year interval. quinceworted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a small medicinal herb seem an entirely adequate basis for professional advice. Damjan got quinceworted and prescribed the barmaid's plant to everyone with a headache. quinchaed adj. Drunk to the extent of trusting a mud-plastered framework to support decisions that should have remained provisional. Rosolino became quinchaed and redesigned the garden shed using cane, plaster and no measurements. quincidenced adj. Too drunk to accept that the same cushion, glass, and person can occupy one room without arrangement. quincited adj. Drunk on the strength of rosy appearances, and prepared to treat them as evidence. Angelice went quincited and accepted the pinkish cocktail as proof of its therapeutic qualities. quincloracked adj. Drunk by the third round, and selectively eliminating every sensible option from consideration. Shreyaan became quincloracked and removed all sober suggestions from the evening's agenda. quinconazoled adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every social difficulty as something requiring a specialised fungicide. Rakeim got quinconazoled and recommended chemical treatment for a disagreement about the bill. quincunxed (/ˈkwɪŋkʌŋksd/) adj. Still drunk, and arranging five explanations with four around the outside and one at the centre of the confusion. quindecaded adj. Too drunk to choose among fifteen possibilities, and therefore insisting that all fifteen are necessary. Yomtov went quindecaded and ordered fifteen sauces for a meal intended for one. quindecagonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to approach every decision with fifteen sides and fifteen equally unnecessary angles. Kailayah got quindecagonned and gave fifteen reasons for leaving, none of which involved actually leaving. quindecamined adj. Having drunk enough to treat an antibacterial drug as a suitable remedy for conversational infection. Khadin became quindecamined and offered Eldana medicine for a perfectly healthy opinion. quindecangled adj. Having drunk more than fifteen-sided reasoning can safely accommodate, yet continuing to add angles.