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quintonned adj. Having drunk enough to carry five simultaneous notes into the morning, none quite agreeing with the others. Serianna woke quintonned, humming five breakfast notes while searching for the milk. quintooned adj. Of a drinker who has been reduced, by the morning after, to a faint remainder of last night's certainty. quintopolied (/kwɪnˈtɒpəlid/) adj. Having drunk more than five competing remedies can provide, leaving the morning controlled by one demand: water. quintozened adj. You have drunk enough to resemble the morning's most persistent white powder, settled heavily wherever placed. Aketzaly looked quintozened on the sofa, pale and settled beneath yesterday's coat. quintrooned adj. Drunk beyond the point of confidently placing yourself in a racial fraction nobody requested. quintuplationed adj. Drunk in a way that turns one poor decision into five, each seeming an improvement. Analissa got quintuplationed and ordered five increasingly unsuitable desserts. quintuple doubled adj. Drunk to a degree that awards yourself double figures in five categories of achievement. Faybian went quintuple doubled and claimed ten assists for passing the crisps. quintuple metered adj. Drunk to the extent of counting five beats where ordinary conversation requires one. quintuple star systemed adj. Drunk on the strength of five simultaneous centres of importance, all believed to be yourself. Rexton was quintuple star systemed, claiming five simultaneous centres of importance over toast. quintuple timed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting every decision in five-beat time. quintuple-clicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and pressing every button five times to ensure the decision holds. quintupled (/kwɪnˈtʃuːp(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every minor undertaking acquires five separate stages and none is completed. quintupleted (/kwɪnˈtʌplətd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking five thoughts in the time one would normally suffice. Jabreon was quintupleted, delivering five introductions before anyone learnt his name. quintuplexed adj. Still drunk, and treating every single object as a collection of five identical opportunities. quintuplicated adj. Too drunk to distinguish five copies from one, and sufficiently confident not to check. Cecilia-rose became quintuplicated and signed five identical receipts. quintuplicationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to multiply every confidence by five before acting on it.