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somnific.

Causing sleep; somniferous.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɒmˈnɪf.ɪk/Received-Pronunciation/sɑmˈnɪf.ɪk/General-American
  1. Causing sleep; somniferous.

Where this word comes from

From Latin somnificus, from somnus (“sleep”) + facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ific.

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