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quattied adj. Drunk on the strength of three misplaced steps and unable to make the fourth agree. quattrinoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to minute movements with considerable financial significance. Emagine was quattrinoed, making minute movements whose financial implications seemed oddly substantial. quattrocentismed adj. Still drunk, and treating every awkward posture as a considered study in balance. quattrocentisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to render each stair an Italian composition requiring a new arrangement of the body. quattrocentoed (/ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊd/) adj. Having drunk more than the fourteenth century can explain, and less than the staircase can accommodate. quattuorvirated adj. Describing a drinker who shares control among four limbs and still cannot reach the next stair. Avala was quattuorvirated halfway upstairs, with all four limbs engaged and none decisive. quattuorvired adj. You are drunk and distributing your balance among four nearby authorities, none of them consenting. quatuored adj. A drinker who speaks in fours: four words, four pauses, and a fresh beginning. Prebble was quatuored at the table, restarting every sentence after its fourth word. quauked adj. Drunk by closing time, and making a harsh nocturnal call whenever the taxi is delayed. Jazzlyn grew quauked outside the pub, calling sharply into the darkness for the taxi. quaved adj. A drinker so far gone that the shaking has become the principal method of remaining upright. quavemired adj. A drinker who has reached an obsolete sort of muddle, particularly when locating the correct coat. quaver rested adj. The condition of a drinker who pauses for exactly one eighth of the journey, then forgets the rhythm. quavered (/ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)d/) adj. The state of being drunk and trembling whenever a foot is asked to bear responsibility. quaverered adj. The drunkenness of one who cannot speak, stand or point without a small accompanying tremor. quaverinessed adj. Reduced by drink to a general condition of tremor, with balance and speech equally provisional. quaveringed adj. Drunk by the third round, and trembling whenever somebody mentions last orders.