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soporiferous

[sop-uh-rif-er-uhs, soh-puh-]

adjective

  1. bringing sleep; soporific.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • soporiferously adverb
  • soporiferousness noun
  • unsoporiferous adjective
  • unsoporiferously adverb
  • unsoporiferousness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of soporiferous1

1580–90; < Latin DZōڱ ( DZō-, combining form of sopor sopor + -i- -i- + -fer -fer ) + -ous
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And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-colored beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.

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If I rouse not now, I must have more soporiferous qualities than the Sleepers! or even than the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, who took a nap of forty years.'

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At last the soporiferous fume of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.

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And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-coloured beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.

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As we did not speak above a whisper, a very soporiferous proceeding, I was not surprised that both Toby and William fell asleep.

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