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quadratured (/ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌtjʊə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a square, with the corners of the morning unpleasantly well defined. Tondalaya woke quadratured, sitting upright at right angles and declining all curved foods. quadraturismed adj. Loosened by drink into architectural illusions, so that the kitchen appears deeper than it is. Zamariah woke quadraturismed, walking towards a painted doorway that was actually the pantry wall. quadraturisted (/ˈkwɒdɹət͡ʃəɹɪstd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to paint depth onto the morning, and to enter it without checking the wall. quadratused (/kwɒˈdreɪ.təsd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a square muscle reluctantly remembering its purpose. Vashaun woke quadratused, lifting each arm as though the shoulder required parliamentary approval. quadraunted adj. A drinker so far gone that four sections of pavement appear to require separate journeys. quadravigesimaled (/ˌkwɒdˈɹɑvaɪd͡ʒɛsɪməld/) adj. Drunk and counting the morning in twenty-four-base numbers, having forgotten what ten was for. Benjman woke quadravigesimaled, labelling the cereal boxes with letters beyond the ordinary alphabet. quadrebled adj. Drunk to the point where the voice has risen above breakfast and begun an unrequested descant. quadrectomied adj. Still drunk, and surgically reducing each discussion to a manageable quadrant. Evline arrived quadrectomied, retaining only one corner of the evening's argument. quadrefoiled adj. Of a drinker who has made four overlapping circles of the room without noticing. quadrellaed adj. Drunk past the point of choosing one likely outcome, and now backing four breakfasts at once. Natrice woke quadrellaed, placing simultaneous orders for toast, eggs, porridge and a restorative pie. quadrelled adj. Drunk enough to regard a square tile as a quarrel requiring immediate settlement. quadremed adj. Drunk beyond the point of steering the morning, with every oar pulling in a different direction. quadrennialed (/kwɒˈdɹɛn.i.əld/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning recur every four years, including the same apology. Keslie woke quadrennialed, unable to explain why the headache had an Olympic timetable. quadrenniumed (/kwɒˈdrɛnɪəmd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that compresses four years of regret into the first mouthful of water. quadriaccelerationed adj. The state of being drunk and accelerating in four directions at once, none of them advisable. quadriaded adj. The condition of a drinker who has arranged every decision into groups of four and rejects the remainder.