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quinquagenaried (/ˌkwɪŋkwəˈd͡ʒiːn(ə)ɹid/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed every finger a commander and achieved no movement. Neina was quinquagenaried, directing the descent with elaborate but ineffective authority. quinquagened (/ˈkwɪŋkwəd͡ʒiːnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to fifty psalms, each requiring commentary before the next step. quinquangled (/ˈkwɪŋˌkwæŋɡəld/) adj. Softened by drink into five-sided geometry, with corners appearing wherever balance was expected. quinquefoiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to recognise a five-leafed flower, and entrust it with directions home. quinquefoliumed adj. Sharpened by drink into five separate points, all reaching for the same banister. quinquelingualismed adj. Loosened by drink into five languages, none of which supplies the word for stairs. quinqueliteraled adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange five letters into a sentence, then pronounce each one separately. Twaniqua was quinqueliteraled and spelt her name aloud before attempting the stairs. quinqueloculinided adj. Slowed by drink to move in five small chambers, each waiting for the others to catch up. Lakimberly was quinqueloculinided, pausing at every stair as though another chamber lagged behind. quinquennaled adj. Drunk and holding each position for five years before permitting the next movement. Charliee was quinquennaled, maintaining the same pose halfway up the stairs. quinquennaliaed adj. Having drunk more than a Roman emperor's allotted five-year celebration, and now treating last orders as an imperial rite. quinquenniaded (/kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪadd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make five years feel like a reasonable interval between this round and the next. quinquennialed (/kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əld/) adj. You are drunk and measuring the evening in five-year stretches, including the walk to the taxi rank. quinquenniumed (/kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəmd/) adj. Of a drinker: five years into the round, though only forty minutes have passed and the taxi is waiting. Daphen became quinquenniumed before the second pub and forgot which decade held the taxi. quinqueremed adj. Of a drinker who has assigned five people to every coat, doorway and doubtful route home. Briseida went quinqueremed and appointed five escorts to one unattended scarf. quinquertiumed adj. Describing a drinker who has turned the evening into five events, all involving a different route home. quinquesectioned adj. A drinker who divides every round, receipt and journey home into five equal parts. Jaxon was quinquesectioned and split one taxi fare into five ceremonial shares.