Morpheanadj.

Brit.

/mɔːˈfiːən/,

/ˈmɔːfɪən/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrfiən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Morpheus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Morpheus (see Morpheus n.) + -an suffix; compare -ean suffix.

literary and poetic.

Of, belonging to, or relating to Morpheus; sleepy, drowsy; (also) soporific, sleep-inducing.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]

winkinga1000

slummy?c1225

anappedc1300

sleepya1325

heavy1382

slumberyc1386

sleepful1398

peisant1484

slumberous1495

drowsy1530

sleepish1530

sleepery1535

slumberinga1538

somnolent1547

heavy-headed1552

drowsy-headed1576

narrow-eyed1607

soporiferous1607

oscitant1625

nodding1631

Morphean1641

dormious1656

somniculous1656

dozed1659

drowsed1667

peeping1673

dozy1693

peepy1699

somniferous1798

noddy1801

dozing1820

head-nodding1832

snory1837

soporific1841

somnolescent1845

swodder1847

adrowse1848

snoozy1877

slumbersome1884

1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 82 He immediately fettered in Morphean bands sleepes away the memory of all his last nights worke.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 234 Morphean Visions.

1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) vi. 557 Wak'd by the magic of Morphean spell.

1803 Edwin II. xii. 186 He yielded to the Morphean wand, and..Sleep shed its balmy dews over his weary lids.

1809 J. Jebb Corr. (1834) I. 523 To work my mind immediately went, even in its morphean state.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 97 O for some drowsy Morphean amulet!

1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 210 Shapes Morphean, good and ill.

1977 J. A. Cuddon Dict. Lit. Terms 381 Tennyson..achieves some melopoeic effects in the Morphean rhythms of The Lotos Eaters.

1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 208 Her morphean passivity touched a chivalric nerve.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morphean
释义	Morpheanadj. Brit. /mɔːˈfiːən/, /ˈmɔːfɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɔrfiən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Morpheus , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Morpheus (see Morpheus n.) + -an suffix; compare -ean suffix. literary and poetic. Of, belonging to, or relating to Morpheus; sleepy, drowsy; (also) soporific, sleep-inducing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] winkinga1000 slummy?c1225 anappedc1300 sleepya1325 heavy1382 slumberyc1386 sleepful1398 peisant1484 slumberous1495 drowsy1530 sleepish1530 sleepery1535 slumberinga1538 somnolent1547 heavy-headed1552 drowsy-headed1576 narrow-eyed1607 soporiferous1607 oscitant1625 nodding1631 Morphean1641 dormious1656 somniculous1656 dozed1659 drowsed1667 peeping1673 dozy1693 peepy1699 somniferous1798 noddy1801 dozing1820 head-nodding1832 snory1837 soporific1841 somnolescent1845 swodder1847 adrowse1848 snoozy1877 slumbersome1884 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 82 He immediately fettered in Morphean bands sleepes away the memory of all his last nights worke. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 234 Morphean Visions. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) vi. 557 Wak'd by the magic of Morphean spell. 1803 Edwin II. xii. 186 He yielded to the Morphean wand, and..Sleep shed its balmy dews over his weary lids. 1809 J. Jebb Corr. (1834) I. 523 To work my mind immediately went, even in its morphean state. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 97 O for some drowsy Morphean amulet! 1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 210 Shapes Morphean, good and ill. 1977 J. A. Cuddon Dict. Lit. Terms 381 Tennyson..achieves some melopoeic effects in the Morphean rhythms of The Lotos Eaters. 1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 208 Her morphean passivity touched a chivalric nerve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1641
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