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Princeton's WordNet

  1. soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogicadjective

    sleep inducing

  2. narcotic, soporiferous, soporificadjective

    inducing mental lethargy

    "a narcotic speech"

Wiktionary

  1. soporiferousadjective

    soporific, sleep-inducing

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

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  1. soporiferous

    Soporiferous refers to something that induces or causes sleep or drowsiness. It can be a substance, activity, or condition that tends to make someone fall asleep or feel sleepy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Soporiferousadjective

    causing sleep; somniferous; soporific

  2. Etymology: [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of soporiferous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of soporiferous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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