Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Causing deep sleep.

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  • adjective Causing sleep; sleepy.

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Examples

  • And this soporous allurement is intensified by a dead hush.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • 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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