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单词 somnific
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Definition of somnific in English:

somnific

adjective sɒmˈnɪfɪk
rare

  • Tending to induce sleep; soporific.

    somnific medicines
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He threw himself upon a heap of straw that lay on the floor, and soon forgot his desperate situation in the arms of the somnific deity.
    • He writes of these prayers as "empty words delivered in a somnific monotone as members and staff shuffle about, obviously paying no attention."
    • Battus is seen seated with his back to the spectator, sinking under the somnific influence of the pipe of Mercury.
    • He should not stigmatize the world for being sleepy, when he himself has given a somnific influence to all his readers.
    • I was powerfully affected by the changeless somnific quality of Zara's tones.
    Synonyms
    sleep-inducing, somnolent, sedative, calmative, tranquillizing, narcotic, opiate, drowsy, sleepy, somniferous

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin somnificus, from somnus 'sleep'.
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