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quadcoptered (/ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk and hovering uncertainly between four possible directions, none of them the way home. Mahfouz was quadcoptered on the landing, rotating gently whenever the banister was released. quadcycled adj. Drunk to the point where walking requires four wheels' worth of confidence and considerably more room. Rileyanne went quadcycled across the hall, taking the corners as though mounted on a vehicle. quadded (/kwɒdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into four small, precise corners. quaddemicked adj. Drunk, with the result that four separate bodily systems begin misbehaving concurrently. Evonda was quaddemicked at the foot of the stairs, blinking, swaying, and revising her route. quaddered adj. Drunk enough to steer the body like an off-road vehicle, especially over ordinary household obstacles. Verginia was quaddered, steering her body over the hallway shoes. quaddied adj. Drunk past the point of selecting four successful movements in the correct order. quadditioned adj. Drunk beyond arithmetic, so that any further step collapses into the same answer regardless of its size. Brittanya went quadditioned on the landing, counting steps until every number became five. quademicked adj. Drunk to a degree that four distinct failures arrive together and decline to share responsibility. quadexcitonned adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying four excited intentions at once, none surviving contact with the stairs. quadfectaed adj. Drunk on the strength of four perfectly ordered intentions, executed in an entirely different order. quadfurcationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and dividing at every decision into four equally unsuitable directions. Janee became quadfurcationed at the landing, where every corridor appeared equally persuasive. quadiumed adj. Softened by drink into an alternative route through the evening, which turns out to lead to the sofa. quadjeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and powered by four engines whose pilots have stopped consulting one another. quadkeyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and searching every movement for the correct route through a branching tree. Antwione went quadkeyed on the stairs, trying several branches before reaching the landing. quadleted adj. Still drunk, and compressing every explanation into four short units before losing the fifth. Antenette was quadleted on the landing, speaking in compact bursts between attempts to stand. quadmired adj. Of a drinker who has sunk into four successive difficulties between the bar and the front door. Cenk was quadmired by the time he located his coat, the pavement, the taxi and his own address.