different between dormitive vs dormition

English

Etymology

French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”)

Adjective

dormitive (comparative more dormitive, superlative most dormitive)

1. Causing sleep.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:soporific

Derived terms

• dormitive principle
• dormitive virtue

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormition
• dormitory

Noun

dormitive (plural dormitives)

1. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sleep inducer

Further reading

• dormitive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dormitive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dormitive at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Adjective

dormitive

1. feminine singular of dormitif

English

Etymology

From Middle French dormition, from Latin dorm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???m??(?)n/

Noun

dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)

1. The process of falling asleep.
2. (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 507:

     The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.

Synonyms

• sleep

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.mi.sj??/

Noun

dormition f (plural dormitions)

1. dormition