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Word of the day June 2
The Word of the Day for June 2 is:
soporific • \sah-puh-RIH-fik\ • (adjective) 1a. causing or tending to cause sleep; 1b. tending to dull awareness or alertness; 2. of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy
A little more information about today’s word:
In Greek, he was called "Hypnos," but in Latin his name was "Somnus," and he was the god of sleep, the son of Night, and the brother of Death. "Somnus" is also the Latin word for "sleep" and is related to the noun "sopor," another Latin term meaning "deep sleep." It is "sopor" that we find at the root of "soporific," an adjective that has been appearing in sleepy contexts in English since the mid-1600s.
My sentence (using definition #1a):
After dinner, Charles sank onto the couch by the fireplace and—succumbing to the soporific effect of his full belly and comfortable surroundings—quickly fell asleep.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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