Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing deep sleep.
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- adjective Causing
sleep ;sleepy .
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Examples
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And this soporous allurement is intensified by a dead hush.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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But, when she raised an arm, when she advanced a foot, it was easy to perceive that she possessed feline suppleness, short, potent muscles, and that unmistakable energy and passion slumbered in her soporous frame.
Theresa Raquin ��mile Zola 1871
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