papaverous

1. (figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.Examples: "He reduced the chaos of Smith to some order, and his style is sufficiently classical, but not the less prolix and papaverous on that account."; ""Then," said Mr. Eupheme, smiling benevolently, "the papaverous influences of Somnus or Morpheus deprived you of the advantage of ascertaining the modus operandi used in conducting an examination.""; "Was it prudently considered that the dullest of critics can read only as long as his eyes are open? and that the function of judge must incessantly bring under his congnisance papaverous volumes, with which only a superhuman endowment of vigilance could hope successfully to contend?"figuratively