soporificadj.n.

Brit.

/sɒpəˈrɪfɪk/,

/səʊpəˈrɪfɪk/, U.S.

/ˌsɑpəˈrɪfɪk/

Etymology: < Latin type *sopōrificus ( < sopor sleep: see -fic suffix), = French soporifique (1687), Spanish soporifico, Portuguese soporifico, Italian soporifico.

A. adj.

1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; causing a person to sleep or slumber.

a. Of qualities, etc. (Cf. soporiferous adj. 2a.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep

sleepingc1369

sleepy1398

lullingc1440

somnolentc1475

sleepery1513

sleeprife1513

narcotic1526

opiate1543

breed-sleep1582

somnoriferous1583

drowsy1590

dormitive1593

soporiferous1601

somniferous1602

sleep-bringing1605

dormitary1609

hypnotic1625

dormitory1631

papaverous1646

dormant1654

hypnotical1657

somnifyinga1661

sleepifying1662

slumberous1667

soporific1690

somnific1721

somniculous1820

somnorific1865

soporous1866

drowsing1881

narcoleptic1984

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 139 The Colour and Taste of Opium,..as well as its soporifick or anodyn Virtues.

1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. ii. i. 149 A phlegm,..which here seemed to have extended its soporifick influence over all present.

1765 O. Goldsmith New Simile 38 Its soporific virtue's such, Though ne'er so much awake before, That quickly they begin to snore.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xi. 97 Coaxed to sleep by the soporific agency of sweetbreads.

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxvii. 297 Most of those who tried to listen found the soporific influence irresistible.

b. Of medicaments, drugs, etc. (Cf. soporiferous adj. 2b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic

stupefactive?a1425

sedativec1425

narcotic1526

opiate1543

narcotical1587

soporiferous1601

hypnotic1625

soporative1629

pacative1664

opiative1674

opiatic1678

thebaic1746

soporific1775

narcotico-acrid1815

depressant1887

opiumy1891

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 173 (note) He acquiesced because of the soporific dose I gave him.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 103 He began to experience the incipient effects of the soporific draught.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic i. 3 The influence of drugs and soporific embrocations on the human frame.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 588 Charged..with having unlawfully administered soporific drugs to the servants of..the plaintiff.

c. Of books, writings, talk, etc., or of persons in respect of these.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > inducing sleep

soporiferous1694

soporific1727

narcotical1831

neurypnological1893

1727 W. Somerville Fortune Hunter iv, in Poems (1810) 222 Hibernian matrons thus of old, Their soporific stories told.

1760 S. Foote Minor i. 23 The soporific twang of the tabernacle at Tottenham Court.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lxxxix. 155 To quote Too much of one sort would be soporific.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 108 Dionysius in the East, then, is soporific.

1870 R. W. Dale Week-day Serm. viii. 185 Soporific talk begins to flow.

d. In other contexts.With quot. 1822 cf. soporal adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 476 Hence the name of carotids, or soporific vessels..was given to the arteries whose ligature was supposed to produce this very singular result.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 8 I thought of all sleepy sounds and all soporific things.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 69 She lifts the lid, and there steals out a soporific vapour.

2. Of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, sleep or sleepiness.

ΘΚΠ

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

lighteOE

sleepy?c1225

somnaical1655

soporal1716

heavyish1736

soporific1754

morphetic1788

slumberous1820

sleepful1827

soporifical1837

slumberful1844

1754 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 76 That soporific Awe, with which they behold Personages of this Cast.

1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 136 I must own I see no blame in thinking an active age more agreeable to live in, than a soporific one.

1896 J. Lamb Ann. W. Kilbride vi. 161 The soporific tendencies of..a portion of the congregation.

3. Of persons: Drowsy, sleepy, somnolent; = soporiferous adj. 3.

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

1841 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 64 In vain did the soporific Transcendentalist demand the reason; he was to dress first and know after.

B. n.

1. A substance, esp. a medicament, which induces sleep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic

poppy seed1640

hypnotic1681

somniferic1694

soporific1699

soporative1770

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Un soporatif, A soporifick.

a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 47 A strong medicine; and, in particular, a strong soporific.

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 63 Nor has rhubarb always proved a purge, or opium a soporific.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 259 Soporifics (Anodynes; Narcotics).

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 242 The use of soporifics is limited by the extent of their other pharmacological effects.

figurative and in extended use.1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. Introd. p. xix That soporific of houshold care, called ‘board-wages’.1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 156/2 The question operated as a soporific on my moral feeling.

2. A sleepy or somnolent person. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > one who sleeps or is asleep > is inclined to or tends to

sleeper?c1225

soporific1808

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > one who is drowsy

dormousea1568

drowsy-head1576

sleepy-head1577

John-a-nods1600

soporific1808

somnolent1841

somnivolent1884

drowser1887

1808 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches II. 92 This zealous writer forgot that every charge which he brought against Mr. Pike and his five soporifics, falls with additional weight on himself.

Derivatives

sopoˈrifical adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

lighteOE

sleepy?c1225

somnaical1655

soporal1716

heavyish1736

soporific1754

morphetic1788

slumberous1820

sleepful1827

soporifical1837

slumberful1844

1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 365 We are becoming anatomical and soporifical.

sopoˈrifically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > causing or inducing sleep

narcotically1654

soporifically1807

lullingly1834

somniferously1836

hypnagogically1957

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner

irksomely1549

tediously1557

leaden-like1574

drearily1579

dully1600

Welshly1629

unlively1641

woodenly1653

stupidly1723

uninterestingly1793

soporifically1807

sloomy1820

wearyingly1829

boringly1840

tiresomely1847

aridly1883

drably1891

stuffily1894

stodgily1904

yawnsomely1908

yawnfully1914

1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 159 Another gentleman..proses away most soporifically.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soporific
释义	soporificadj.n. Brit. /sɒpəˈrɪfɪk/, /səʊpəˈrɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌsɑpəˈrɪfɪk/ Etymology: < Latin type sopōrificus ( < sopor* sleep: see -fic suffix), = French soporifique (1687), Spanish soporifico, Portuguese soporifico, Italian soporifico. A. adj. 1. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; causing a person to sleep or slumber. a. Of qualities, etc. (Cf. soporiferous adj. 2a.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep sleepingc1369 sleepy1398 lullingc1440 somnolentc1475 sleepery1513 sleeprife1513 narcotic1526 opiate1543 breed-sleep1582 somnoriferous1583 drowsy1590 dormitive1593 soporiferous1601 somniferous1602 sleep-bringing1605 dormitary1609 hypnotic1625 dormitory1631 papaverous1646 dormant1654 hypnotical1657 somnifyinga1661 sleepifying1662 slumberous1667 soporific1690 somnific1721 somniculous1820 somnorific1865 soporous1866 drowsing1881 narcoleptic1984 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 139 The Colour and Taste of Opium,..as well as its soporifick or anodyn Virtues. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. ii. i. 149 A phlegm,..which here seemed to have extended its soporifick influence over all present. 1765 O. Goldsmith New Simile 38 Its soporific virtue's such, Though ne'er so much awake before, That quickly they begin to snore. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xi. 97 Coaxed to sleep by the soporific agency of sweetbreads. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxvii. 297 Most of those who tried to listen found the soporific influence irresistible. b. Of medicaments, drugs, etc. (Cf. soporiferous adj. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > sedative, narcotic, or hypnotic stupefactive?a1425 sedativec1425 narcotic1526 opiate1543 narcotical1587 soporiferous1601 hypnotic1625 soporative1629 pacative1664 opiative1674 opiatic1678 thebaic1746 soporific1775 narcotico-acrid1815 depressant1887 opiumy1891 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 173 (note) He acquiesced because of the soporific dose I gave him. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 103 He began to experience the incipient effects of the soporific draught. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic i. 3 The influence of drugs and soporific embrocations on the human frame. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 588 Charged..with having unlawfully administered soporific drugs to the servants of..the plaintiff. c. Of books, writings, talk, etc., or of persons in respect of these. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > inducing sleep soporiferous1694 soporific1727 narcotical1831 neurypnological1893 1727 W. Somerville Fortune Hunter iv, in Poems (1810) 222 Hibernian matrons thus of old, Their soporific stories told. 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 23 The soporific twang of the tabernacle at Tottenham Court. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII lxxxix. 155 To quote Too much of one sort would be soporific. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 108 Dionysius in the East, then, is soporific. 1870 R. W. Dale Week-day Serm. viii. 185 Soporific talk begins to flow. d. In other contexts.With quot. 1822 cf. soporal adj. 1. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 476 Hence the name of carotids, or soporific vessels..was given to the arteries whose ligature was supposed to produce this very singular result. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 8 I thought of all sleepy sounds and all soporific things. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 69 She lifts the lid, and there steals out a soporific vapour. 2. Of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, sleep or sleepiness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] lighteOE sleepy?c1225 somnaical1655 soporal1716 heavyish1736 soporific1754 morphetic1788 slumberous1820 sleepful1827 soporifical1837 slumberful1844 1754 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 76 That soporific Awe, with which they behold Personages of this Cast. 1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 136 I must own I see no blame in thinking an active age more agreeable to live in, than a soporific one. 1896 J. Lamb Ann. W. Kilbride vi. 161 The soporific tendencies of..a portion of the congregation. 3. Of persons: Drowsy, sleepy, somnolent; = soporiferous adj. 3. 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 1841 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 64 In vain did the soporific Transcendentalist demand the reason; he was to dress first and know after. B. n. 1. A substance, esp. a medicament, which induces sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic poppy seed1640 hypnotic1681 somniferic1694 soporific1699 soporative1770 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Un soporatif, A soporifick. a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 47 A strong medicine; and, in particular, a strong soporific. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 63 Nor has rhubarb always proved a purge, or opium a soporific. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 259 Soporifics (Anodynes; Narcotics). 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 242 The use of soporifics is limited by the extent of their other pharmacological effects. figurative and in extended use.1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. Introd. p. xix That soporific of houshold care, called ‘board-wages’.1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 156/2 The question operated as a soporific on my moral feeling. 2. A sleepy or somnolent person. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > one who sleeps or is asleep > is inclined to or tends to sleeper?c1225 soporific1808 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > one who is drowsy dormousea1568 drowsy-head1576 sleepy-head1577 John-a-nods1600 soporific1808 somnolent1841 somnivolent1884 drowser1887 1808 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches II. 92 This zealous writer forgot that every charge which he brought against Mr. Pike and his five soporifics, falls with additional weight on himself. Derivatives sopoˈrifical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] lighteOE sleepy?c1225 somnaical1655 soporal1716 heavyish1736 soporific1754 morphetic1788 slumberous1820 sleepful1827 soporifical1837 slumberful1844 1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 365 We are becoming anatomical and soporifical. sopoˈrifically adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > causing or inducing sleep narcotically1654 soporifically1807 lullingly1834 somniferously1836 hypnagogically1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner irksomely1549 tediously1557 leaden-like1574 drearily1579 dully1600 Welshly1629 unlively1641 woodenly1653 stupidly1723 uninterestingly1793 soporifically1807 sloomy1820 wearyingly1829 boringly1840 tiresomely1847 aridly1883 drably1891 stuffily1894 stodgily1904 yawnsomely1908 yawnfully1914 1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 159 Another gentleman..proses away most soporifically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1690
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