somnific

== English == === Etymology === From Latin somnificus, from somnus (“sleep”) + facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, somn- +‎ -ific. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɒmˈnɪf.ɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /sɑmˈnɪf.ɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪfɪk === Adjective === somnific (comparative more somnific, superlative most somnific) Causing sleep; somniferous. === References === “somnific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.