SOMNIFIC

soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic

(adjective) sleep inducing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

somnific (comparative more somnific, superlative most somnific)

Causing sleep; somniferous.

Source: Wiktionary


Som*nif"ic, a. Etym: [L. somnificus; somnus sleep + facere to make.]

Definition: Causing sleep; somniferous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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