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11/12/09, 09:00 AM
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sop⋅o⋅rif⋅ic
/ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk, ˌsoʊpə-/ [sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-]
–adjective
1. causing or tending to cause sleep.
2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.
–noun
3. something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.
Origin:
1655–65; < L sopor sopor + -i- + -fic; cf. F soporifique
Related forms:
sop⋅o⋅rif⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
Related Words for : soporific
hypnotic, hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific
Sentence examples:
1. I feel soporific whenever I watch boring movies. (adjective)
2. I tend to be soporific after reading a lot at night. (adjective)
3. The sofa in my living room is a soporific for my daughter Mye. (noun)
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sop⋅o⋅rif⋅ic
/ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk, ˌsoʊpə-/ [sop-uh-rif-ik, soh-puh-]
–adjective
1. causing or tending to cause sleep.
2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.
–noun
3. something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.
Origin:
1655–65; < L sopor sopor + -i- + -fic; cf. F soporifique
Related forms:
sop⋅o⋅rif⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
Related Words for : soporific
hypnotic, hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific
Sentence examples:
1. I feel soporific whenever I watch boring movies. (adjective)
2. I tend to be soporific after reading a lot at night. (adjective)
3. The sofa in my living room is a soporific for my daughter Mye. (noun)
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