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Definition of somniferous in English: somniferousadjective sɒmˈnɪf(ə)rəssɑmˈnɪfərəs Tending to induce sleep; soporific. lifeless actors made the experience even more somniferous for the audiences Example sentencesExamples - Elsewhere, Sleep, one of the album's stand out tracks, is about as somniferous as a pneumatic drill.
- This book helps put aside what the late Prof. Takaaki Aikawa described as the ‘somniferous romanticism’ with which the Westerner approaches Japanese studies.
- They all indulge in their familiar, somniferous spiels.
- In somniferous mumbles, he reads aloud the entire song.
- His room is equipped with a window-mounted air conditioner - a welcome antidote to high heat indexes and, in Urlacher's case, a somniferous aid.
Synonyms mesmerizing, mesmeric, spellbinding, entrancing, bewitching, fascinating, irresistible, compelling
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin somnifer (from somnium 'dream') + -ous. Rhymes carboniferous, coniferous, cruciferous, melliferous, odoriferous, pestiferous, splendiferous, umbelliferous, vociferous Definition of somniferous in US English: somniferousadjectivesämˈnifərəssɑmˈnɪfərəs Tending to induce sleep; soporific. lifeless actors made the experience even more somniferous for the audiences Example sentencesExamples - His room is equipped with a window-mounted air conditioner - a welcome antidote to high heat indexes and, in Urlacher's case, a somniferous aid.
- Elsewhere, Sleep, one of the album's stand out tracks, is about as somniferous as a pneumatic drill.
- They all indulge in their familiar, somniferous spiels.
- In somniferous mumbles, he reads aloud the entire song.
- This book helps put aside what the late Prof. Takaaki Aikawa described as the ‘somniferous romanticism’ with which the Westerner approaches Japanese studies.
Synonyms mesmerizing, mesmeric, spellbinding, entrancing, bewitching, fascinating, irresistible, compelling
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin somnifer (from somnium ‘dream’) + -ous. |