† somnoˈriferous, a. Obs.
[Erroneous form of somniferous, after soporiferous.]
Soporific.
| 1590 P. Barrough Meth. Physick i. xv. (1639) 24 Water wherein..poppy seed hath been sodden, or some somnoriferous compound. Ibid. ii. x. 88 Sirupes of Poppy, and other somnoriferous medicines. |
So somnoˈrific a.
| 1865 ‘Annie Thomas’ On Guard ii, The first scene opened on a somnorific, sultry summer afternoon in London. 1880 G. A. Townsend Tales Chesapeake 196 The somnorific air of the Springs. |