different between dormitive vs dormitory

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 English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dorm?t?rium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormi? (“to sleep”). Doublet of dorter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??m??t??i/

Noun

dormitory (plural dormitories)

1. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
2. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
3. A dormitory town.

Synonyms

• (room for sleeping) dorm (common abbreviation)

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormitive
• dormition

Translations

See also

• dorter, dortoir, dortour

Further reading

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