soporiferous

sop·o·rif·er·ous

[sop-uh-rif-er-uhs, soh-puh-]
adjective
bringing sleep; soporific.

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

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
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soporiferous

adjective
1. sleep inducing [syn: soporific
2. inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: narcotic
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Soporiferous is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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