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quadrisyllabicked adj. The drunkenness of one who can pronounce only four syllables, but delivers each as a complete argument. quadrisyllabled adj. Reduced by drink to four syllables, repeated with the gravity of a parliamentary amendment. quadriumed adj. Sharpened by drink into a fourfold curriculum, beginning with philosophy and ending with chips. Cortlan was quadriumed and lectured on four branches of knowledge before ordering chips. quadriurated adj. Loosened by drink into a stronger concentration of principle, particularly where the urinal is concerned. Saniyya was quadriurated and delivered a concentrated account of household chemistry by the sinks. quadrivalenced adj. Emboldened by drink to form four simultaneous bonds, none of which survive the introduction. quadrivalencied adj. Slowed by drink to four distinct stages of agreement, each separated by a thoughtful pause. Layken was quadrivalencied, requiring four pauses before accepting the obvious arrangement. quadrivalented (/kwɒdrɪˈveɪləntd/) adj. Drunk and carrying four possible versions of the evening, all of which require a lift home. quadrivalved adj. Drunk to the point where every entrance opens in four stages and none leads directly outside. quadrivectored adj. You have drunk enough to treat every direction in the conversation as having four components, requiring a committee. Markiss spent twenty minutes explaining his route home in four separate directions, thoroughly quadrivectored. quadrivelocitied adj. You are drunk and moving with four simultaneous measures of speed, none agreed by your companions. quadrivialed (/kwɒdˈɹɪvi.əld/) adj. Of a drinker: convinced that four branches of learning must be explained to everyone at the table. Dristen went quadrivialed, explaining arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy to the table before ordering another round. quadrivirused adj. Of a drinker who has distributed the same bewilderment through four separate conversations. Wilian grew quadrivirused and repeated his account of the taxi to every table nearby. quadriviumed (/kwɒˈdɹɪvɪ.əmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has made geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music everybody else's evening. Jiaan became quadriviumed and conducted a lecture on four subjects between courses. quadrobicsed (/kwɒˈdɹəʊ.bɪksd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the company must accommodate animal movements on all fours. quadrobisted (/kwɒˈdɹəʊ.bɪstd/) adj. The state of being drunk and imitating an animal so convincingly that friends must supervise the performance. quadrocoptered adj. The condition of a drinker who hovers noisily among four companions, never quite landing in one conversation.