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sopraninoed adj. A drinker who has risen above the household's ordinary pitch and can be heard from the upstairs bathroom. Britan became sopraninoed while looking for the kettle and woke the cat in the hall. sopranissimo saxed adj. Reduced by drink to the smallest possible instrument, still capable of disturbing the entire kitchen. sopranissimo saxophoned adj. Softened by drink into a miniature, high-pitched presence that fits neatly between the cushions. Dayshana was sopranissimo saxophoned, murmuring at kettle height from the corner of the sofa. sopranissimo saxophonisted adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who can locate a misplaced teaspoon by sound alone. sopranistaed adj. Emboldened by drink to sing without falsetto and offer the kitchen a full account of the evening. sopranisted adj. Loosened by drink into a high male voice, especially when explaining the correct position of the cushions. soprano recordered adj. Drunk to the point where the water glass is treated as a wooden instrument and played with one finger. soprano saxed adj. Drunk enough to turn every domestic request into a bright, sustained note from the edge of the sofa. soprano saxophoned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech, but still capable of directing a narrow, musical demand at the kettle. soprano saxophonisted adj. Drunk beyond conversation and conducting a solo performance about the state of the kitchen. Edrica was soprano saxophonisted, describing the washing-up in one continuous note. sopranoed (/səˈpɹænoʊd/) adj. Drunk and occupying the highest available register, usually from the sofa with one hand raised for water. Brutus was sopranoed by midnight and summoned Negeen from the kitchen with a single sustained note. sopranoisted adj. Drunk in a way that turns the sofa into a stage and the water glass into an accompaniment. soprillo saxed adj. Drunk to a degree that reduces a person to a very small, very bright disturbance near the sink. soprillo saxophoned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a minute, high-register presence beneath the kitchen table. soprillo saxophonisted adj. Drunk on the strength of a very small instrument, and inclined to give the sofa a private recital. soprilloed adj. Drunk, with the result that the smallest sound in the house is given the highest possible importance.