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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One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of his brethren three cups of soporiferous wine.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Henry Hart Milman
"Whence I conclude," said Fritz, addressing himself, "that my orations must be somewhat soporiferous."
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
The atmosphere is soporiferous, hardly conducive to editorial inspiration, and I find the commingled flavours of red-cedar, glue and rubber quite nourishing.
From The Fortune Hunter by Louis Joseph Vance
And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-colored beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
"Item, on the said day, in the evening, a julep, hepatic, soporiferous, and somniferous, intended to promote the sleep of Mr. Argan, thirty-five sous."
From The Imaginary Invalid by Charles Heron Wall
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