soporifick
soporifick is the obsolete form of soporific.
Meaning of soporific
Adjective
soporific (comparative more soporific, superlative most soporific)
- 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...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V
- Boring, dull.
- The professor delivered a soporific lecture.
- Synonyms:
- banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless
Forms of soporifick
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more soporifick |
| superlative | most soporifick |
| Noun | |
| plural | soporificks |
Questions about soporifick
- What is soporifick the obsolete form of?
- Soporifick is the obsolete form of soporific.
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