Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soporiferous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy
sleep + ferere to bring.]
Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. ``Soporiferous
medicine.'' --Swift. --- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soporiferous
adj 1: sleep inducing [syn: {soporific}, {somniferous}, {somnific},
{hypnogogic}, {hypnagogic}]
2: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: {narcotic},
{soporific}]
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