SOMNIFACIENT


Meaning of SOMNIFACIENT in English

/som'neuh fay"sheuhnt/ , adj.

1. causing or inducing sleep.

n.

2. a drug or other agent that induces or tends to induce sleep.

[ 1885-90; somn ( us ) sleep + -i- -I- + -FACIENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .