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soporiferous

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

/ ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ər əs, ˌsoʊ pə- /

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adjective

bringing sleep; soporific.

Origin of soporiferous

1580–90; < Latin sopōrifer ( sopōr-, combining form of sopor sopor + -i- -i- + -fer -fer) + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM soporiferous

sop·o·rif·er·ous·ly, adverb sop·o·rif·er·ous·ness, noun un·sop·o·rif·er·ous, adjective un·sop·o·rif·er·ous·ly, adverb

un·sop·o·rif·er·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby soporiferous

sophomoric, sophonias, sophrosyne, sophy, sopor, soporiferous, soporific, soporose, soporous, sopping, soppy

Example sentences from the Web for soporiferous

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

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories |Edited by Julian Hawthorne
Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.

The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) |Fanny Burney
The English, on the return of the herald, went to sleep, for the presence of the herald always had a soporiferous influence.

The Comic History Of England |Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett
These may be called the properties of a verb; and like those of opium, they are soporiferous properties.

The Comic English Grammar |Percival Leigh

The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.

London |Walter Besant