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subquadrangled adj. Drunk enough to approximate a quadrangle, with one corner occupied by a bread roll. Janeise was subquadrangled, forming three sides of a conversation around the buffet. subquadranted adj. Drunk past the point of occupying a whole quarter of the room, but not its doorway. Delbra was subquadranted, claiming the corner table and a considerable portion of the aisle. subquadrated adj. Drunk beyond the ability to survey even a small patch of ground, particularly the pavement immediately beneath you. subquadratic timed adj. Drunk in a way that takes longer than walking home but less time than finding the front door. subqualitied adj. Drunk, with the result that one small quality of the evening has acquired the importance of the whole. subquarked adj. Drunk to a degree that suggests a smaller, hypothetical particle has taken charge of the person’s movements. subqubited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves only a partial unit of certainty available. Kaioh became subqubited and committed to a plan whose contents were mostly missing. subqueried adj. Drunk to the extent of asking a question within every question, usually concerning whether anyone has seen your phone. subquested adj. Drunk on the strength of a secondary mission, such as finding chips after abandoning the principal expedition home. subquestioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and dividing every simple enquiry into smaller, less answerable enquiries. Naseem became subquestioned, asking whether the taxi was coming and what coming meant. subquivered adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying one trembling compartment of the evening wherever you go. subquotiented adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced from a whole person to the remainder after several divisions. subraced adj. Still drunk, and assigning everyone a secondary ancestry according to how quickly they reached the buffet. Ingmar remained subraced, ranking guests by their approach to the remaining sausage rolls. subracked adj. Drunk to the extent of fitting beneath the larger domestic arrangement, with cables and one forgotten slipper. Saraiya became subracked and arranged the chargers beneath the television with technical seriousness. subradianced adj. Sufficiently drunk to inhibit all spontaneous emission, including the small talk expected at the bar. Jerah was subradianced, declining conversation while nodding solemnly at the optics of it. subrandomizationed adj. Having drunk enough to introduce an additional randomisation into an already uncertain study of where the night went.