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ˈsoporous, a. Now rare.
[f. as prec. + -ous, or ad. F. soporeux, -euse. Cf. also L. sopōrus.]
1. = soporose a. ? Obs.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 23 It is an excellent tart Water, much to be desired in all..Soporous cases. a1691Baxter in Reliq. B. (1696) i. ii. 199, I was then under..Soporous or Scotomatical Ilness of my Head. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 193 In Apoplexies, Palsies, and soporous Affections, the Spirits are oppress'd. 1730Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 352 Soporous and cataleptick Diseases. 1762Ibid. LII. 454, I..found him in the same soporous, apoplectic state.
2. Soporific; sleep-bringing.
1866[Shanks] Elgin 55 They may now resign themselves to the soporous sheets without a shudder. |