"dormitive" meaning in English

See dormitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dormitive [comparative], most dormitive [superlative]
Etymology: From French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*drem-|id=sleep}}, {{der|en|fr|dormitif}} French dormitif Head templates: {{en-adj}} dormitive (comparative more dormitive, superlative most dormitive)
  1. Causing sleep. Derived forms: dormitive principle, dormitive virtue Related terms: dorm, dormant, dormition, dormitory
    Sense id: en-dormitive-en-adj-MY0z3kre Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sleep Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Sleep: 68 32

Noun

Forms: dormitives [plural]
Etymology: From French dormitif, from the verb dormir (“to sleep”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*drem-|id=sleep}}, {{der|en|fr|dormitif}} French dormitif Head templates: {{en-noun}} dormitive (plural dormitives)
  1. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
    Sense id: en-dormitive-en-noun-k0VPvhnd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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