morphean

/mɔːˈfiːən/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

Literary

"Then by the bed-side, where the faded moon / Made a dim, silver twilight, soft he set / A table, and, half anguish'd, threw thereon / A cloth of woven crimson, gold and jet:— / O for some drowsy Morphean amulet!"
"The laird did not awake in any reasonable time; for, he being overcome with fatigue and wassail, his sleep became sounder, and his Morphean measures more intense."

From Morpheus + -an.

more Morphean (comparative) most Morphean (superlative)

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How do you pronounce morphean?

The recorded pronunciation is /mɔːˈfiːən/.

What does morphean mean?

Pertaining to Morpheus; sleepy, soporific, oneiric.

Where does morphean come from?

From Morpheus + -an.

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