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Meaning of "somnific" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMNIFIC

somnific  [sɒmˈnɪfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMNIFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Somnific is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMNIFIC


beatific
ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk
conspecific
ˌkɒnspɪˈsɪfɪk
cornific
kɔːˈnɪfɪk
honorific
ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk
horrific
hɒˈrɪfɪk
intraspecific
ˌɪntrəspəˈsɪfɪk
magnific
mæɡˈnɪfɪk
neuroscientific
ˌnjʊərəʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
nonspecific
ˌnɒnspɪˈsɪfɪk
omnific
ɒmˈnɪfɪk
pacific
pəˈsɪfɪk
prolific
prəˈlɪfɪk
scientific
ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
soporific
ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk
specific
spɪˈsɪfɪk
stereospecific
ˌstɛrɪəʊspɪˈsɪfɪk
terrific
təˈrɪfɪk
unific
juːˈnɪfɪk
unscientific
ˌʌnsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
unspecific
ˌʌnspɪˈsɪfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMNIFIC

somnambulism
somnambulist
somnambulistic
somnial
somniate
somniative
somniatory
somnifacient
somniferous
somniferously
somniloquence
somniloquies
somniloquise
somniloquism
somniloquist
somniloquize
somniloquous
somniloquy
somnolence
somnolency

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMNIFIC

calcific
calorific
classific
colorific
deific
dolorific
frigorific
geoscientific
Indo-Pacific
infraspecific
interspecific
mellific
mirific
monospecific
nonscientific
pseudoscientific
salvific
South Pacific
subspecific
the Pacific

Synonyms and antonyms of somnific in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «somnific» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMNIFIC

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The translations of somnific from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «somnific» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

somnific
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

somnific
570 millions of speakers

English

somnific
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

somnific
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

somnific
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

somnific
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

somnific
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

somnific
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Somnific
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

somnific
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

somnific
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

somnific
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Somnific
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

somnific
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

somnific
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शृंगारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

somnific
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Somnific
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

somnific
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

somnific
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

somnific
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

somnific
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somnific
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

somnific
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

somnific
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of somnific

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMNIFIC»

The term «somnific» is used very little and occupies the 192.562 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMNIFIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about somnific

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMNIFIC»

Discover the use of somnific in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to somnific and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Herald of Truth: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to the ...
It has been suggested by a friend who has perused this paper so far, that the somnific effects above described may not take place with universal promptness in every case — or, that perhaps we have not given the subject that wide and general ...
Lucius Alonzo Hine, 1847
2
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Sleep-walking. Somnambulist, n. Sleep-walker, night- walker, noctambulist. Somniferous, a. Soporific, soporifer- ous, slumberous, somnific, narcotic. Somnific , a. Somniferous. Somnolence, n. Sleepiness, drowsiness, doziness, somnolency .
Richard Soule, 1871
3
ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
Slow moving, sluggish: languid VIII. Light sleep: dysnystaxis, levisomnous Ix. Role: 1. One who is sleepless: alector 2. Day sleeper: dewdropper x. Sleep inducing: somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, sopient, soporific, soporose/ soporous xI.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
4
Medicina Britannica Or A Treatise On Such Physical Plants, ...
The Flowers are the weakest Part of the Plant ; of them is made a Conserve and Syrup, which is not so somnific as Diacodium, but more-so than Syrup of Violets. A Pedilavium of the Flowers (or of the Leaves, when the Flowers are not to be ...
Thomas Short, 1747
5
Materia Medica; Or, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
If they are Somnific, I suppose they must be\ 'Narcdtic in addition; but I never witnessed any Somnific effect from either of the species that I have employed. I ' A ' J' ' Lunuu'r,sr.usrnn (Ltnn.) LEDUM LATIFOLIUM (Ait0n.) I Ianr verystrongly ...
William Tully, 1858
6
A dictionary of etymology of the English language: and of ...
Somn,-i/s, m. 2. sleep : as, somnif' erous or somnific, causing or inducing sleep. imom'nious, o. £omnambula'tion,n.som'nolence, n. •f-somnam'bulist, n. somniferous, a. som'nolency, n. som nanVbulUm, n. somnific, a. Jsowi 'nolent, a. SoN-t/s ...
John Oswald, 1859
7
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language on a Plan ...
Somn-to, m. 2. sleep : as, somniferous or somnific, causing or inducing- sleep. insom'nious, a. somnatnbula'tion, n. som'nolence, n. fsoi/wiam'bulist, n. somniferous, a. som'nolency, n. somnanVbulism, n, somnific, a. Jsom'nolent, a. Sos-us, m.
John Oswald, John Miller Keagy, 1844
8
Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy
i Then there was that kind of artificial, induced sleep which about the seventeenth century began to be distinguished as " somnific witchcraft " ; it was no other than one form of the phenomena now called hypnotism and magnetism.
Grillot de Givry, 1931
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Medicina Britannica : Or, A Treatise on Such Physical Plants ...
A Pedilavium of the Flowers (or of the Leaves, when the Flowers are not to be got ) Purslane, Camomile, and Willow Leaves, with a few Beech Ashes and Salt, is a surprising Somnific, in hot Fevers, with Watchings and Delirium j where Opiates ...
Thomas Short, 1746
10
Word Power Made Easy
... effect — stereos, deep, solid, plus phone. 6. A noctambulist (nok-TAM'-bya-list) walks at night — nox, noctis, night, plus ambulo, to walk. Noun: noctambulism ( nok- TAM'-bya-liz-am). 7. Somnific (som-NIF'-ik) : a somnific lecture, movie, ...
Norman Lewis, 1991

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOMNIFIC»

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... and a specialist, a Dr. Rodgers, had come to administer "the Lethean or somnific gas," although able to risk only a small dose because of her weakness. «Toronto Star, Sep 07»

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