soporific• In summer, that gushing sound would be refreshingly cool and delightfully soporific.• Kyphi was always burnt after sunset for its effects were soporific and intoxicating.• With his shaved head and soporificdisposition, Weller comes across as a kind of Kung Futon.• Cantor had underestimated the soporific effect of the six-course dinner, the two wines and the glass of port.• At the start, everyone was respectful towards him, listening carefully to his soporificexplanations.• A libeltrial is in large parts intensely soporific, if you are not on the receiving end.• Booze was soporific, the brain was programmed to zero, it curled up and slept.
Originsoporific
(1600-1700)Frenchsoporifique, from Latinsopor“deep sleep”