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Soporific

//ˌsɑp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to induce sleep.

    "For we are not here to understand, as perhaps some have, that an author actually falls asleep while he is writing. It is true, that readers are too apt to be so overtaken; […]To say the truth, these soporific parts are so many scenes of serious artfully interwoven, in order to contrast and set off the rest;"

  2. 2
    Boring, dull. figuratively

    "The professor delivered a soporific lecture."

Adjective
  1. 1
    inducing mental lethargy wordnet
  2. 2
    sleep inducing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.

    "The doctor prescribed a soporific to help the patient sleep."

  2. 2
    a drug that induces sleep wordnet
  3. 3
    Something boring or dull. figuratively

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).

Etymology 2

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).

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