Meaning & use

Morphean

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Relating to sleep or dreams.

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The drug induced a deep morphean state that lasted for hours.

Poets often invoke morphean imagery to evoke dreamlike, drifting scenes.

A note on using this word

Derived from Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams, from whom the drug "morphine" also takes its name.

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wakeful

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