Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soporiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-porif-er-ous
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

soporific, sleep-inducing

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And she poured from a golden urn, into a cup of the same metal, the sombre-coloured beverage which she had mingled with the soporiferous juice of the nepenthe."
"At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose."
"All this I was told; for, while the whole operation was performing, I lay in a profound sleep, by the force of that soporiferous medicine infused into my liquor."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more soporiferous (comparative) most soporiferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

soporiferously soporiferousness

Synonyms

narcotic soporific somniferous somnific hypnogogic hypnagogic

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does soporiferous mean?: soporific, sleep-inducing

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