English Explanatory Dictionary

somnific

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing sleep; somniferous.

Pronunciation

/sɒmˈnɪf.ɪk/ /sɑmˈnɪf.ɪk/

Word forms

somnific more somnific most somnific

Etymology

From Latin somnificus, from somnus (“sleep”) + facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ific.

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