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Quimperwared adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a brightly painted coat from the one actually belonging to you. Sumiye was Quimperwared at closing and selected a vivid coat from the wrong hook with quiet confidence. Quinaielted adj. Drunk beyond the point where the taxi rank appears to contain separate vehicles rather than one long queue. Ladene was Quinaielted by last orders and joined the same taxi queue twice. Quinaulted adj. Drunk in a way that makes the walk home seem collectively organised, despite nobody agreeing on its direction. Shiloh was Quinaulted at closing, leading a group towards home by three mutually incompatible routes. Quincied (/ˈkwɪnsid/) adj. Drunk to a degree that turns a dry white wine into the obvious solution to every logistical difficulty. Jewl was Quincied at closing and proposed white wine as the simplest way to organise the taxis. Quincke's edemaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the face expands around an explanation for why another round is medically necessary. Khalila was Quincke's edemaed at last orders and offered a swelling argument for keeping the bar open. Quine daggered adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing the route home to one decisive arrow and no alternatives. Fawwaz was Quine daggered at closing, pointing towards the station with admirable but misplaced certainty. Quine quoted adj. Drunk on the strength of repeating the same corner-side instruction until the taxi accepts it as policy. Haydi was Quine quoted at last orders, directing everyone towards the same corner regardless of destination. Quinkanned (/ˈkwɪŋkənd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and appearing unexpectedly in the landscape with the coat left behind. Acelin was Quinkanned by closing, standing beside the bus shelter and regarding the rain with composure. Quinnipiacked adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating the journey home as a negotiated settlement between several directions. Nii was Quinnipiacked by the third round and led the party towards home by diplomatic compromise. Quinquagesimaed adj. Reduced by drink to a movable date, turning up late and insisting the calendar is at fault. Evie-jean arrived Quinquagesimaed, forty-nine days early for Easter and unwilling to negotiate. Quinquatriaed adj. Softened by drink into an entirely unofficial festival, with wisdom attributed to Minerva and none displayed. Sonal became Quinquatriaed and appointed the barmaid patroness of practical wisdom. Quinquatrused adj. Sharpened by drink into a ceremonial critic of everybody's household workmanship. Sherea grew Quinquatrused and inspected the cutlery as though preparing a military review. Quintaded adj. Loosened by drink into four simultaneous registers, none of them quite in agreement. Rayhaan was Quintaded, addressing the table in bass, tenor, treble and something subterranean. Quioucohanocked adj. Drunk on the strength of a remembered place, though the route home has been surrendered to history. Kiedis was Quioucohanocked and described the old neighbourhood with increasing geographical confidence. Quirited adj. Emboldened by drink to claim ancient civic privileges over a neighbourhood one has merely visited. Kenndy became Quirited and demanded a vote on the pub's lighting. Quislinged adj. Sharpened by drink into volunteering the pub's private arrangements to the first stranger listening. Pierre-yves got Quislinged and explained who owed what before the landlord intervened.