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Soporific: Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense of awareness or alertness.
The word "soporific" is derived from "sopor" meaning "deep sleep." The root is "somnus," the Latin for "sleep" (and the name of the Roman god of sleep.)
Definition of SOPORIFIC. 1. a: causing or tending to cause sleep < soporific drugs> b: tending to dull awareness or alertness . 2: of, relating to, or marked by ...
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 ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( sÅp ' É™-rÄf ' Äk, sÅ ' pÉ™- ) adj. Inducing or tending to induce sleep. Drowsy. n. A drug or other substance that ...
Something inducing sleep, especially a drug The doctor prescribed a soporific to help him sleep. · Tending to induce sleep. The professor delivered a ...
sop·o·rif·ic (s p-r f k, s p-) adj. 1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep. 2. Drowsy. n. A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic.