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Definition: Soporiferous |
SoporiferousAdjective1. Sleep inducing. 2. Inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "soporiferous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Etymology: Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression soparifer; sopor heavy sleep ferere to bring.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SoporiferousSynonyms: hypnagogic (adj), hypnogogic (adj), narcotic (adj), somniferous (adj), somnific (adj), soporific (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Sleepy, sleepful; dozy, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent, lethargic, lethargical; somnifacient; statuvolent, statuvolic; heavy, heavy with sleep; napping; somnific, somniferous; soporous, soporific, soporiferous; hypnotic; balmy, dreamy; unawakened, unawakened. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "soporiferous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | υπνωτικό (sleeping pill, soporific), υπνοφόροσ (somniferous, soporific). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oporiferoussay soporific (drowsy, hypnotic, narcotic, sleep-inducing, soporific). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "soporiferous": soporiferousness, soporiferousnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "soporiferous" (pronounced 'Sop`o*rif"er*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-o-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-u" | |
-3 letters: professor, superiors. | |
-4 letters: friseurs, oospores, prioress, proofers, reproofs, spoofers, spurries, superior, surprise, uprisers. | |
-5 letters: ferrous, fissure, friseur, furioso, furores, fussier, oospore, orrises, poisers, poseurs, pourers, poussie, pressor, profess, profuse, proofer, prosers, prosier, prossie, pursers, pursier, pussier, repours, reproof, reroofs, roofers, roosers, roupier, rousers, serious, soupier, soursop, spoofer, surfers, surfier, suspire, upriser, uprises. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-o-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-u" | |
+4 letters: soporiferousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 70 6F 72 69 66 65 72 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- .--. --- .-. .. ..-. . .-. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01110000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100110 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o p o r i f e r o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0070 006F 0072 0069 0066 0065 0072 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538182818475727184818785 |
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