Somniferous

  • 1Somniferous — Som*nif er*ous, a. [L. somnifer; somnus sleep + ferre to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. Walton. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2somniferous — index narcotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3somniferous — c.1600, from L. somnifer, from somni , comb. form of somnus sleep (see SOMNOLENCE (Cf. somnolence)) + ferre to bear (see INFER (Cf. infer)) + OUS (Cf. ous) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4somniferous — [säm nif′ər əs, səmnif′ər əs] adj. [L somnifer < somnus, sleep (see SOMNUS) + ferre, to bring, BEAR1 + OUS] inducing sleep; soporific somniferously adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 5somniferous — adjective Etymology: Latin somnifer somniferous, from somnus + fer ferous Date: 1602 soporific …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6somniferous — somniferously, adv. /som nif euhr euhs, seuhm /, adj. bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences. [1595 1605; < L somnifer inducing sleep (somni , comb. form of somnus sleep + fer FER) + OUS] * * * …

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  • 7somniferous — adjective causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones …

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  • 8somniferous — SYN: soporific (1). [L. somnus, sleep, + fero, to bring] * * * som·nif·er·ous säm nif (ə )rəs adj SOPORIFIC * * * som·nif·er·ous (som nifґ&#601;r &#601;s) hypnotic (def. 1) …

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  • 9somniferous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Inducing sleep or sedation: hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, sleepy, slumberous, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, soporific. See AWARENESS …

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  • 10somniferous — bearing sleep Bearing and Carrying …

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