Definitions for soporiferous

soporiferous sop·o·rif·er·ous

Spelling: [sop-uh-rif-er-uh s, soh-puh-]
IPA: /ˌsɒp əˈrɪf ər əs, ˌsoʊ pə-/

Soporiferous is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 492 anagrams from letters in soporiferous (efioooprrssu).

Definitions for soporiferous

adjective

  1. bringing sleep; soporific.

Origin of soporiferous

1580-90; Latin sopōrifer (sopōr-, combining form of sopor sopor + -i- -i- + -fer -fer) + Examples for soporiferous

At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.

One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of his brethren three cups of soporiferous wine.

The right Fin hath a soporiferous quality to make one sleep, if it be put under ones head.

These may be called the properties of a verb; and like those of opium, they are soporiferous properties.

Happily, however, that soporiferous monotony is beginning to get obsolete.

The English, on the return of the herald, went to sleep, for the presence of the herald always had a soporiferous influence.

The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus.

At last the soporiferous fume of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.

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