See Also: soporific(medicine)
soporific(dictionary)
soporific(dictionary)

soporific (iou)



soporific adjective & noun. M17.
[formed as SOPOR + -FIC.]
A. adjective.
Inducing or tending to produce sleep; transf. very tedious or boring. M17.
J. McCarthy Those who tried to listen found the soporific influence irresistible. O. Sacks Gentle..motion is normally soothing and soporific.
Of the nature of, characterized by, or resembling sleep or sleepiness. M18.
Of a person: drowsy, sleepy, somnolent. M19.
b. noun.
A drug, influence, etc., which induces sleep. E18.
R. Church Intellectuals using crime-stories as bed-time soporifics.
A sleepy or somnolent person. rare. E19.
soporifical adjective = SOPORIFIC adjective E19.
soporifically adverb E19.