soporific

adj.sleepy; sleep-inducing

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Word Origin & History

"tending to produce sleep," 1680s, from French soporifique (17c.), formed in French from Latin sopor (genitive soporis) "deep sleep" (see sopor). As a noun from 1722. Earlier as an adjective was soporiferous (1580s as "characterized by excessive sleep," c.1600 as "soporific").

Example Sentences forsoporific

The first pages of most of these old papers are as soporific as a bed of poppies.

He had made up his mind that he might have to spend days in this soporific hamlet.

The soporific, thwarted in its effect for a moment, redoubled its power over him.

I shall administer a soporific to these men, and then shall extinguish the light.

The restlessness of the sea acts as a soporific on jangled nerves.

He had not found the bench at the police station of a soporific kind.

The sunshine lay on the yellow house fronts like a soporific.

There was something enervating and soporific in the steamy atmosphere.

Virginia had not surrendered to the soporific tendencies of the hour.

This play, introduced as a soporific by Bob, proved a real bond.

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