soporiferous
[sop-uh-rif-er-uh s, soh-puh-]
Origin of soporiferous
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Related Words for soporiferous
calming, anesthetic, sedative, opiate, hypnotic, soporific, analgesic, deadening, somnolent, somnifacient, somnific, numbing, soporiferous, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying, narcotic, somniferous, hypnagogicExamples from the Web for soporiferous
Historical Examples of soporiferous
Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.
The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5)Fanny Burney
These may be called the properties of a verb; and like those of opium, they are soporiferous properties.
The Comic English GrammarPercival Leigh
The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.
LondonWalter Besant
At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective StoriesEdited by Julian Hawthorne
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 EnglandGilbert Abbott A'Beckett