somniferous
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ər adjective
bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
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somniferous or somnific (sɒmˈnɪfərəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| rare tending to induce sleep | |
| [C17: from Latin somnifer (from somnus sleep + ferre to do) + | |
| somnific or somnific | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin somnifer (from somnus sleep + ferre to do) + | |
| som'niferously or somnific | |
| —adv | |
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Somniferous
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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somniferous som·nif·er·ous (sŏm-nĭf'ər-əs)
adj.
Inducing sleep; soporific.
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Example sentences
It must have been a work of vast ability in the somniferous school of literature.
Somniferous chloroform soothes the nerves, and brings deep sleep upon its subjects.
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