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soporific
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)
- (pharmacology) Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- (figuratively) Something boring or dull.
Translations
Adjective
soporific (comparative more soporific, superlative most soporific)
- (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!
- (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)
- soporific
- Synonyms: somnifer, soporifer
Declension
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sleepy
English
Etymology
sleep +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sli?pi/
- Rhymes: -i?pi
Adjective
sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- She wak'd her sleepy crew.
- Suggesting tiredness.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- Tending to induce sleep; soporific.
- a sleepy drink or potion
- Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
- Quiet; without bustle or activity.
- a sleepy English village
Synonyms
- tired
- See also Thesaurus:sleepy
Translations
Noun
sleepy (uncountable)
- (informal) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
- Synonym: (which see for more) sleep
Anagrams
- Epleys
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