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quarandined adj. Still drunk, and recommending one particular red solution with the confidence of long cultivation. quarantained adj. Sharpened by drink into counting forty days before making any further social commitment. Erin-rose woke quarantained and declared forty days' notice necessary before another party. quaranteamed (/ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːmd/) adj. Reduced by drink to forming a small, mutually supportive household until the headache passes. quaranteaminged adj. Softened by drink into gathering the remaining company together for a prolonged recovery. quarantied adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen becomes a council of forty before anyone speaks. quarantine flagged adj. Slowed by drink to displaying a warning signal before attempting to cross the kitchen. Santhiago was quarantine flagged, moving past the breakfast table with deliberate caution. quarantined (/ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːnd/) adj. Loosened by drink into measuring the morning in forty-day intervals rather than hours. quarantineed (/ˌkwɒɹəntiːˈniːd/) adj. Drunk and confined to a room, where water and silence are the permitted visitors. Kurtus lay quarantineed until midday, accepting only water through the half-open door. quarantinered (/ˈkwɒɹəntiːnə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the point where every morning visitor is kept at a safe distance. quarantinied adj. Drunk enough to treat the morning-after cocktail as both cure and continuing evidence. quarantininged adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the house, and now establishing boundaries around the sofa. quarantinismed adj. Drunk beyond believing that isolation is not merely sensible but the proper cure for breakfast. quarantinisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes a closed door seem like the morning's most persuasive argument. quare clausum fregited adj. Drunk to a degree that makes crossing the lawn feel like a case of land trespass. Rahmere woke quare clausum fregited, apologising to the garden for entering it without leave. quare impedited adj. Drunk to the extent of disputing, at breakfast, who has the right to present the toast. quarelled adj. Drunk beyond recognising an argument as finished, particularly when you have already won it. Tigerlily became quarelled and reopened the settled question of who had booked the taxi.