somniferous
/sɒmˈnɪfəɹəs/US/sɑmˈnɪfəɹəs/
somniferous adjective: causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
Adjective
somniferous (comparative more somniferous, superlative most somniferous)
somniferous meaning in Bengali
somniferous in Bengali
- ঘুম পাড়ায় এমন, নিদ্রা উদ্রেককারী
Forms of somniferous
| comparative | more somniferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most somniferous |
Origin of somniferous
From Latin somnifer + -ous, from somnus (“sleep”) + ferre (“to bring”).
Words formed from somniferous
Words that rhyme with somniferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about somniferous
- What does somniferous mean?
- Somniferous means causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
- What is somniferous in Bengali?
- Somniferous in Bengali is ঘুম পাড়ায় এমন, নিদ্রা উদ্রেককারী. See Somniferous meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is somniferous?
- Somniferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce somniferous?
- Somniferous is pronounced /sɒmˈnɪfəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near somniferous in the dictionary
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