Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dormitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dor-mi-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.

Example Sentences

"But "imitation" throws no light upon why they so act; it repeats the fact as an explanation of itself. It is an explanation of the same order as the famous saying that opium puts men to sleep because of its dormitive power."
"Quare Opium facit dormire: ... Quia est in eo Virtus dormitiva. (Why Opium produces sleep: ... Because there is in it a dormitive power.)"

Etymology

From French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”)

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *drem-, dormitif

Inflected Forms

more dormitive (comparative) most dormitive (superlative) dormitives (plural)

Phrases

dormitive principle dormitive virtue

Frequently Paired Words

dorm dormant dormition dormitory

Questions

What does dormitive mean?: Causing sleep.
Where does dormitive come from?: It is traced to French.

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