Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?


Hamlet: Words, words, words.


Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2



Thursday, February 4, 2010

Soporific

soporific: [sop-uh-rif-ik] adj. causing or tending to cause sleep; hypnotic. Also somniferous.


It is said that the effect if eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
----Beatrix Potter
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

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