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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Pronounce, define, and use in sentences: prosperous league inhabitant pulley perceived violent forty soporiferous syllable morsel dexterity metropolis intrepidity diminutive parallel hospitality 5.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell
All this I was told; for, while the operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
The invalid held up, as if in thankfulness, his wasted hands to Heaven, and resisting no longer the soporiferous operation of the elixir, sunk down in a gentle sleep.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
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
"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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