Definition of somniferous Somniferous
som•nif•er•ous
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What does somniferous mean?
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| somniferous - sleep inducing | ||
| soporific, soporiferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic | ||
| depressant capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- somniferous (a.)
Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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somniferous
som-nif′ėr-us, adj. bringing or causing sleep.—adjs. Som′nial, pertaining to dreams; Som′niātive, Som′niātory, relating to, or producing, dreams.—n. Somnifā′cient, a soporific.—adjs. Somnifā′cient, Somnif′ic, causing, or tending to induce, sleep.—ns. Somnil′oquence, Somnil′oquism, the act of talking in sleep; Somnil′oquist, one who talks in his sleep.—adj. Somnil′oquous, apt to talk in sleep.—ns. Somnil′oquy, a talking in one's sleep; Somnip′athy, a hypnotic sleep; Somniv′olency, any soporific. [L. somnus, sleep, ferre, to bring, loqui, to speak, velle, to will.]
