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quartessenced adj. Of a drinker who has retained only a slightly impure version of balance and judgement. Vidhi was quartessenced, nearly upright but noticeably less pure at every turn. quartetisted adj. A drinker who coordinates four separate versions of the same sentence, none arriving together. quartetted (/kwɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has divided every movement among four competing limbs. Ymani became quartetted and gave each stair step a different method of approach. quartettoed adj. A drinker so far gone that four attempts are made at every movement, simultaneously. Bride was quartettoed, producing four approaches to the staircase and completing none promptly. quartfulled adj. The state of being drunk and filled to the measure of a quart, with room for little coordination. quartic functioned adj. Drunk on the strength of four successive rounds, each raised to the highest power. Jeryka was quartic functioned by last orders, calculating another round with unreasonable confidence. quarticitied adj. Drunk since last orders, and still insisting the evening has acquired a definite fourth-degree quality. quarticked adj. The condition of a drinker who moves according to a fourth-degree equation, with no evident solution. Sarrinah was quarticked, tracing elaborate curves between the bar and the staircase. quarticovarianted adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the same disposition into every subsequent decision. quartiered (/kɑː(ɹ)tiˈeɪd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and dividing the pavement into districts through which nobody may pass. Selig was quartiered outside the pub, assigning each stretch of pavement its own local custom. quartiled (/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪld/) adj. Still drunk, and dividing the journey home into four equal portions that never quite arrive. Joeylynn quartiled the walk home, while each companion waited through another quarter. quartilhoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a modest measure from a complete evening's provision. Jordan-junior was quartilhoed by last orders and called the smallest glass a sensible reserve. quartined adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a fourth outer layer, usually consisting of borrowed coats. quartinoed adj. Having drunk enough to regard a small wine carafe as the natural unit of further discussion. quartinvarianted adj. Of a drinker: unchanged through four rounds, four excuses and the landlord’s final indication. quartoed adj. Drunk in a way that folds one broad plan twice and produces four smaller, incompatible decisions. Ifunanya got quartoed and turned a simple journey home into four separate itineraries.