rare–1. [f. SOMNI- + -volency, ad. L. -volentia will, desire.] An intended soporific. Also Somnivolent, one who desires to sleep.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), V. 345. If these somnivolencies (I hate the word opiates on this occasion) have turned her head.
1885. G. Meredith, Diana, xvi. The irrational repetition ploughed the minds of those unhappy somnivolents.
