soporiferous
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of soporiferous
1580–90; < Latin sopōrifer ( sopōr-, combining form of sopor sopor + -i- -i- + -fer -fer ) + -ous
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The doctor, having felt his pulse and examined his wounds, declared him much better, which he imputed to that sanative soporiferous draught, a medicine "whose virtues," he said, "were never to be sufficiently extolled."
From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Henry Fielding
If I rouse not now, I must have more soporiferous qualities than the Sleepers! or even than the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, who took a nap of forty years.'
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by William Patten
"Whence I conclude," said Fritz, addressing himself, "that my orations must be somewhat soporiferous."
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
No. Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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