somnific
American
[som-nif-ik, suhm-]
/ sɒmˈnɪf ɪk, səm- /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of somnific
1715–25; < Latin somnificus causing sleep, equivalent to somni-, combining form of somnus sleep + -ficus -fic
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