Morphean
- 3 dictionary resultsMor⋅phe⋅us
[mawr-fee-uh
s, -fyoos] 
–noun
—Idiom| 1. | Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams. |
| 2. | in the arms of Morpheus, asleep. |
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L < Gk morph(
) form + L -eus n. suffix; coined by Ovid, with allusion to the forms seen in dreams
1325–75; ME < L < Gk morph(
) form + L -eus n. suffix; coined by Ovid, with allusion to the forms seen in dreamsRelated forms:
Mor⋅phe⋅an, adjective
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| Mor·phe·us (môr'fē-əs, -fyōōs') n. The god of dreams in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Mor'phe·an (-fē-ən) adj. |
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Morphean
Mor"phe*an\, a. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. --Keats.
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