Word for the Day, Monday, August 31, 2015-- soporific

8/31/15 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, 8/31/15

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

soporific; adj.

1.Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep. 2.Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy. 3.A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep

Etymology: "tending to produce sleep," 1680s, from French soporifique (17c.), formed in French from Latin sopor (genitive soporis) "deep sleep" (see sopor ). As a noun from 1722. Earlier as an adjective was soporiferous (1580s as "characterized by excessive sleep," c.1600 as "soporific").

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[SoothingDave]

That had not occurred to me, either.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yes, our climate along the Gulf Coast is just like Florida - you will find alligators all across the southeastern US and even up into southeast Oklahoma and arkansas

[MoochPooch]

FReeper content is never soporific. In fact, I stay up all night reading posts.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Oh Neo, congratulations - I’m so happy for you.

[secret garden]

Early here too. They started August 7.

[NeoCaveman]

Thanks