somnific

[ som-nif-ik, suhm- ]

adjective

1. causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somnific¹

1715–25; < Latin somnificus causing sleep, equivalent to somni-, combining form of somnus sleep + -ficus -fic

Example Sentences

Associated words: somnambulate, somnambulistic, somnambular, somnambulic. sleepy, a. drowsy, somnolent, dozy; soporiferous, somniferous, soporific, dormitive, narcotic, somnific, hypnotic; dormant, sluggish, lethargic, torpid, dull. sleeve, n.

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