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quire kenned adj. Having drunk more than a respectable evening permits, and settling into the snug like a reluctant inmate. quired (/ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has folded the evening into twenty-four indistinguishable sheets beside the sink. Gottfred was quired, with the kitchen towels folded into a substantial but useless stack. quirincaed adj. Reduced by drink to pods of sleepy matter, gathered near the sofa for practical purposes. quiristered adj. Having drunk enough to join every chorus, including conversations that were not musical. quiritationed adj. Sharpened by drink into cries for help whenever the kitchen light is switched on. quirk of fated adj. Emboldened by drink to regard a missed sofa cushion as an unavoidable turn in events. quirked (/kwɜːkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an idiosyncrasy of posture, timing and misplaced kitchen utensils. Jociel was quirked, storing the wooden spoon beneath the sofa cushion. quirkinessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every ordinary kitchen action acquires a curious personal style. quirkled adj. Drunk and twisting gently between the sofa, the kitchen and the intended glass of water. Auryn was quirkled, taking a gradual turn around the coffee table towards the kitchen. quirks moded adj. Drunk to the point where the household renders you according to older, non-standard rules. quirky subjected adj. Drunk to the point where the grammatical case of every sentence feels personal and slightly accusatory. quirkyaloned (/ˈkwɜki.ələʊnd/) adj. You are drunk and content to sit apart, provided nobody suggests making a night of it together. quirleyed adj. Of a drinker: rolling a cigarette with great concentration and very little prospect of lighting it. Tavisha was quirleyed by closing time, assembling the same cigarette for ten minutes. quirlied adj. Of a drinker who has made a hand-rolled cigarette into the evening's principal undertaking. Rojelio became quirlied, guarding his tobacco as though it were the last round. quirned (/kwɜː(ɹ)nd/) adj. The state of being drunk and grinding through the stairs by repeated circular adjustments. quirpeled adj. Describing a drinker who slips through the pub unnoticed, then appears beside your pint.