soporiferous

[ sop-uh-rif-er-uh s, soh-puh- ]

/ ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ər əs, ˌsoʊ pə- /

bringing sleep; soporific.

Words nearby soporiferous

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

sop·o·rif·er·ous·ly, adverbsop·o·rif·er·ous·ness, nounun·sop·o·rif·er·ous, adjectiveun·sop·o·rif·er·ous·ly, adverb

un·sop·o·rif·er·ous·ness, noun

At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories|Edited by Julian Hawthorne
Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.
The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5)|Fanny Burney
The English, on the return of the herald, went to sleep, for the presence of the herald always had a soporiferous influence.
The Comic History Of England|Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett
These may be called the properties of a verb; and like those of opium, they are soporiferous properties.
The Comic English Grammar|Percival Leigh

The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.
London|Walter Besant