soporiferous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- soporiferously adverb
- soporiferousness noun
- unsoporiferous adjective
- unsoporiferously adverb
- unsoporiferousness noun
Etymology
Origin of soporiferous
1580–90; < Latin sopōrifer ( sopōr-, combining form of sopor sopor + -i- -i- + -fer -fer ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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His suggestion that the soporiferous medicines are likest to do it means that he thinks the delusions of witches subjective and produced by drugs.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace
"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 Wall, Charles Heron
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 Swift, Jonathan
All this I was told, for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by Patten, William
Its seed is prepared medicinally, being astringent and somewhat sedative; "So soporiferous," says Gerard, "that care must be had in the administration thereof, lest in provoking sleep you induce a drowsiness, or dead sleep."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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