different between anodyne vs soporific

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin an?dynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?dunos, “free from pain”), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ????? (odún?, “pain”).

Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.da?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

anodyne (comparative more anodyne, superlative most anodyne)

1. (pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain [from 16th c.]
   • 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:

   • 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:

2. (figuratively) soothing or relaxing [from 18th c.]

3. (by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, noncontentious

   • 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:

   • 2010, "Rattled", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:

Translations

Noun

anodyne (plural anodynes)

1. (pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
2. (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:

   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:

Translations

Derived terms

References

• anodyne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “anodyne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “anodyne”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• annoyed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.din/
• Homophone: anodynes

Adjective

anodyne

1. feminine singular of anodyn

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?no?.dy.ne/, [ä?no?d??n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?no.di.ne/, [??n??d?in?]

Adjective

an?dyne

1. vocative masculine singular of an?dynos or an?dynus

English

Alternative forms

• soporifick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep?r, from *swep-. Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?p.????f.?k/, /?so?.p????f.?k/

Noun

soporific (plural soporifics)

1. (pharmacology) Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.

2. (figuratively) Something boring or dull.

Translations

Adjective

soporific (comparative more soporific, superlative most soporific)

1. (pharmacology) Tending to induce sleep.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:soporific

   • 1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies:

     It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is “soporific.” I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!
2. (figuratively) Boring, dull.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boring

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French soporifique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.po?ri.fik/

Adjective

soporific m or n (feminine singular soporific?, masculine plural soporifici, feminine and neuter plural soporifice)

1. soporific

   Synonyms: somnifer, soporifer

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