somˈnivolency rare—1.
[f. somni- + -volency, ad. L. -volentia will, desire.]
An intended soporific. Also somˈnivolent, one who desires to sleep.
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 345 If these somnivolencies (I hate the word opiates on this occasion) have turned her head. 1885 G. Meredith Diana xvi, The irrational repetition ploughed the minds of those unhappy somnivolents. |