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Webster 1913 Edition

Soporiferous

Sopˊo-rif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
soparifer
;
sopor
a heavy sleep +
ferere
to bring.]
Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific.
“Soporiferous medicine.”
Swift.
–
Sopˊo-rif′er-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Sopˊo-rif′er-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soporiferous

SOPORIF'EROUS

,
Adj.
[L. soporifer; sopor, asleep, and fero, to bring; from sopio, to lull to sleep.] Causing sleep, or tending to produce it; narcotic; opiate; anodyne; somniferous. The poppy pssesses soporiferous qualities.

Definition 2024

soporiferous

soporiferous

English

Adjective

soporiferous ‎(comparative more soporiferous, superlative most soporiferous)

  1. (archaic) soporific, sleep-inducing
    • 1908, Lafcadio Hearn, King Candaules:
      And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-coloured beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.
    • 1910, Various, International Short Stories= French:
      At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.
    • 1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5:
      All this I was told; for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.

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