Definitions
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- adjective Of or relating to
Morpheus , todreams , or tosleep .
Etymologies
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Morpheus + -an
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Examples
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The Irish bestowed themselves about the floor as they best could, for there was no light, and very soon the Morphean deepness of their breathing gave token of blissful unconsciousness.
Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851
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Before he desired a 'Morphean amulet'; now he wishes to release his lady's eyes from the charm of sleep. l.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820 John Keats 1808
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The laird did not awake in any reasonable time; for, he being overcome with fatigue and wassail, his sleep became sounder, and his Morphean measures more intense.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802
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