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adjective
- 1. tending to induce sleep; soporific: rare "somnific medicines"
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SOMNIFIC definition: causing sleep ; soporific ; somniferous | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Definitions of somnific. adjective. sleep inducing. synonyms: hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, soporiferous, soporific. depressant. capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
adjective. som· nif· ic. (ˈ)säm¦nifik. : somniferous. Word History. Etymology. Latin somnificus, from somni- + -ficus -fic. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective somnific mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective somnific. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
Define somnific. somnific synonyms, somnific pronunciation, somnific translation, English dictionary definition of somnific. also som·nif·ic adj. Inducing sleep; soporific. som·nif′er·ous·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
1. Causing sleep. Synonym (s): somnifacient, somniferous. 2. An agent that produces sleep. [L. sopor, deep sleep, + facio, to make] Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012. sop·o·rif·ic.
Somnific definition: causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.. See examples of SOMNIFIC used in a sentence.
Somnific definition: Causing <a>sleep</a>; <a>somniferous</a>.
somnific (comparative more somnific, superlative most somnific) Causing sleep; somniferous.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 som•nif•er•ous (som nif ′ ər əs, səm-), USA pronunciation adj. Drugs bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
