Morphean
/mɔːˈfiːən/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to Morpheus; sleepy, soporific, oneiric. literary
"Then by the bed-side, where the faded moon / Made a dim, silver twilight, soft he set / A table, and, half anguish'd, threw thereon / A cloth of woven crimson, gold and jet:— / O for some drowsy Morphean amulet!"
Example
More examples"Then by the bed-side, where the faded moon / Made a dim, silver twilight, soft he set / A table, and, half anguish'd, threw thereon / A cloth of woven crimson, gold and jet:— / O for some drowsy Morphean amulet!"
Etymology
From Morpheus + -an.