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querkled adj. Of a drinker who has coloured every movement incorrectly and revealed a hidden picture of poor balance. Meldin went querkled on the landing, completing the pattern by falling into the umbrella stand. querled adj. Describing a drinker who twists and curls through a doorway without correcting course. quermassintegraled adj. A drinker who measures the whole body's wavering, including its boundaries, by successive awkward turns. querned (/kwɜːnd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that walking has become the slow grinding of one circular stone against another. quernstoned adj. The condition of a drinker who grinds slowly against the room until movement becomes manual work. queroed adj. A drinker who treats every cup as ceremonial, including the one holding the change. Trecie was queroed and raised a glass to the ashtray before sitting down. querpoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost the outer layer of coordination and is relying on undergarments of instinct. querqueduled adj. Reduced by drink to a teal-like waddle, with occasional flight attempted on the stairs. Ying became querqueduled and crossed the landing in a careful, aquatic shuffle. querried adj. Drunk to the extent of issuing aristocratic instructions about horses, whether present or not. quersprunged adj. Softened by drink into a jump turn of roughly ninety degrees, usually near the banister. Aryton went quersprunged on the landing and arrived facing the wall. querulanted adj. Sharpened by drink into an aggrieved certainty that every stumble was deliberate mistreatment. Cully was querulanted on the stairs, convinced the banister had moved against him. querulented adj. Still drunk, and suspiciously certain the round has been charged to you twice. querulisted adj. Too drunk to accept that the coat was yours, the taxi was late, or the evening was over. querulitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to lodge a formal complaint against the concept of last orders. querulositied adj. Having drunk enough to find fault with the route home, its timetable, and the weather en route. querulousnessed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can reasonably answer for, and now seeking explanations from the coatroom.