SOPORIFEROUS

PRONUNCIATION. (sop-uh-RIF-uhr-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Inducing sleep.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sopor (deep sleep) + -fer (bearing). Earliest documented use: 1583.
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SPORIFEROUS - reproducing by spores

SOPORIFERROUS - sleeping like a pig-iron ingot

SO-POORIFE-ROUS - there are so many financially-challenged families everywhere