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somniferous

/sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
som-nif-er-ous
IPA
/sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.

Etymology

From Latin somnifer + -ous, from somnus (“sleep”) + ferre (“to bring”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/
  • British English: /sɒmˈnɪfəɹəs/

Inflected Forms

more somniferous (comparative) most somniferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

somniferosity somniferously somniferousness

Synonyms

soporific soporiferous somnific hypnogogic hypnagogic

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce somniferous?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/.
What does somniferous mean?
causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
Where does somniferous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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