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soporific

Pronunciation: /ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk/
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Definition of soporific

adjective

  • tending to induce drowsiness or sleep:the motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect
  • sleepy or drowsy:some medicine made her soporific
  • tediously boring or monotonous:a libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific

noun

  • a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep.

Derivatives

soporifically

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin sopor 'sleep' + -ific

soporific in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of soporific in the US English dictionary
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