資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy
   sleep + ferere to bring.]
   Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. ``Soporiferous
   medicine.'' --Swift. --- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly}, adv. --
   {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness}, n.