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sopor

[ soh-per ]
/ ˈsoʊ pər /
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noun

Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
Often sopors. Slang. methaqualone.

RELATED WORDS

coma, trance, slumber, inertness, lethargy, sleep, languor, anesthesia, swoon, stupefaction, torpor, insensibility, hebetude, amazement, inertia, bewilderment, numbness, dullness, apathy, lassitude

Nearby words

sophomoric, sophonias, sophronia, sophrosyne, sophy, sopor, soporiferous, soporific, soporose, soporous, sopping

Origin of sopor

1650–60; 1970–75 for def 2; < Latin
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Examples from the Web for sopor

  • The convex presupposes the concave; and vam is related to vap (as somnus is related to hpnos, to svapnas, and to sopor).

    Zoological Mythology (Volume II)|Angelo de Gubernatis

British Dictionary definitions for sopor

sopor

/ (ˈsəʊpə) /

noun

an abnormally deep sleep; stupor

Word Origin for sopor

C17: from Latin: a deep sleep, death; related to somnus sleep
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for sopor

sopor

n.

Latin, "deep sleep, lethargy," from PIE *swep-os-, suffixed form of root *swep- (1) "to sleep" (see Somnus).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for sopor

sopor

[ sō′pər, -pôr′ ]

n.

A deep, lethargic, or unnatural sleep.
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