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som·nif·er·ous    Audio Help   [som-nif-er-uhs, suhm-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L somnifer inducing sleep (somni-, comb. form of somnus sleep + -fer -fer) + -ous]

—Related forms
som·nif·er·ous·ly, adverb
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Main Entry:  sleepy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Inducing sleep or sedation.
Synonyms:  hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, slumberous, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, soporific
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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