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som·nif·er·ous

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–adjective

bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < L somnifer inducing sleep (somni-, comb. form of somnus sleep + -fer -fer) + -ous

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—Related forms

som·nif·er·ous·ly, adverb

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adj. Inducing sleep; soporific.

som·nif'er·ous·ly adv.

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somniferous
adjective
sleep inducing [syn: soporific]

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Somniferous

Som*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. somnifer; somnus sleep + ferre to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. --Walton.

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