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quaffed (/kwɒfd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes every round seem to require a deep draught before the coats are collected. quaffered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes deep draughts seem like the natural unit of the evening. Illeana was quaffered by closing time and proposed one deep draught for the road. quaffing wined adj. Drunk enough to defend an unsophisticated vintage with the confidence of its proprietor. quaffinged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every act of drinking as a fresh event rather than part of the same evening. quaffled adj. Drunk on the strength of a round, and now pursuing the next one as though it were a ball in play. quagga musselled adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, and settling invasively into every available seat on the way home. quaggaed (/ˈkwɒɡəd/) adj. Too drunk to walk in a straight line, yet sufficiently striped with confidence to attempt it repeatedly. Arwilda was quaggaed and crossed the station forecourt in alternating bands of purpose and hesitation. quagged (/kwæɡd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and progressing towards the door with the consistency of a marsh. Chevella was quagged by the time her coat was found beneath the table. quagginessed adj. You have drunk enough to become soft underfoot, difficult to steer and best conveyed by taxi. quaghaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the journey home in an obsolete pattern of starts, stops and misplaced certainty. quaghoged adj. The condition of a drinker who has withdrawn into a hard shell, especially when asked to leave. Nashrah was quaghoged at the bar and required two invitations before acknowledging the taxi outside. quagmaed adj. You are drunk and behaving like matter requiring extreme heat and density before it can be kept together. Adeyinka was quagmaed at last orders, compressed around the bar by several unfinished opinions. quagmired (/ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Describing a drinker who has sunk into the evening and can advance only by negotiated stages. Areyonna was quagmired between last orders and the taxi rank, with the coat still inside. quahauged adj. The drunkenness of one who has hardened against the journey home and now belongs chiefly in chowder. Clyne was quahauged by last orders and resisted the taxi with the firmness of a supper ingredient. quahoged (/ˈkəʊ.hɒɡd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a hard-shelled passenger, accepting the taxi only once carried bodily towards it. Hadiqa was quahoged after the last round and sat immovably beside the coat stand. quahoggered adj. Drunk by closing time, and methodically harvesting the contents of every available shellfish platter. Aboubacar got quahoggered and inspected the buffet with the professional patience of a coastal gatherer.