Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in the arms of morpheus

/ɪn ði ˈaɹms əv ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: in the arms of Mor-phe-us
IPA: /ɪn ði ˈaɹms əv ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Asleep, sleeping.

Literary

prep_phrase

In a state of being completely forgotten, or of unawareness.

Example Sentences

"[N]ight had covered the world with her sable curtain, and wrapped the peaceful sisterhood in the arms of Morpheus."
"[L]ong before Julian had closed an eye, the heavy breathing from Sir Geoffrey Hudson's pallet declared that the dwarf was already in the arms of Morpheus."
"Benjamin here fell back in his chair, and soon gave vent to certain ominous sounds, which resembled, not a little, the growling of his favourite animal, the bear itself. Before, however, he was quite locked, to use the language that would suit the Della-cruscan humour of certain refined critics of the present day, "in the arms of Morpheus," he spoke aloud, observing due pauses between his epithets, the impressive terms of "monkey," "parrot," "pic-nic," "tar pot," and "linguisters.""
"[A]s we were tired with the excitement and fatigues of the day, we were soon folded in the arms of Morpheus."
""I think that the travellers would do well to abandon themselves to the arms of Morpheus," said Vasili Ivanovitch. / "That means that it is time to go to bed," said Bazarof. "I approve of the proposition. Come!""
"[T]he watcher of the corporation, […] shifted about and shuffled in his box before composing his limbs again in the arms of Morpheus."

Etymology

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Morpheus is the god of dreams, and subsequently he was often referred to as the god of sleep. The name is borrowed from Latin Morpheus, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Morpheus, Μορφεύς

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪn ði ˈaɹms əv ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/
British English: /ɪn ði ˈaːms əv ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/

Usage

Literary

Phrases

in the arms of Murphy

Synonyms

in Morpheus' arms

Questions

How do you pronounce in the arms of morpheus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪn ði ˈaɹms əv ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/.
What does in the arms of morpheus mean?: Asleep, sleeping.
Where does in the arms of morpheus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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