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somnifuge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
som-nifuge
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that prevents or drives away sleep.

Etymology

From somni- + -fuge.

Inflected Forms

somnifuges (plural)

Questions

What does somnifuge mean?
Something that prevents or drives away sleep.
Where does somnifuge come from?
From somni- + -fuge.

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