What does soporiferous mean?
Definitions for soporiferous
so·porif·er·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogicadjective
sleep inducing
narcotic, soporiferous, soporificadjective
inducing mental lethargy
"a narcotic speech"
Wiktionary
soporiferousadjective
soporific, sleep-inducing
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Soporiferousadjective
Productive of sleep; causing sleep; narcotick; opiate; dormitive; somniferous; anodyne; sleepy.
Etymology: sopor and fero.
The particular ingredients of those magical ointments are opiate and soporiferous; for anointing of the forehead, neck, feet, and back-bone, procures dead sleeps. Francis Bacon.
While the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor. Gulliver’s Travels.
Webster Dictionary
Soporiferousadjective
causing sleep; somniferous; soporific
Etymology: [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of soporiferous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of soporiferous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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