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Definition of Morphean
1. a. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep.
Definition of Morphean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morphean
1. pertaining to Morpheus the Greek god of dreams [adj]
Medical Definition of Morphean
1. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morphean
Literary usage of Morphean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"Dark pagans (Moslems, in whose land a Christian book would remain closed).
4 Morphean. Of Morpheus (god of dreamt). ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... silver twilight, soft he set A table, and, half-anguish'd, threw thereon A
cloth of woven crimson, gold, and jet:— O for some drowsy Morphean amulet! ..."
3. Enjoyment of Poetry by Max Eastman (1921)
"A cloth of woven crimson, gold, and jet:— O for some drowsy Morphean amulet !
The boisterous, midnight, festive clarion, The kettle-drum, and far-heard ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"... half anguished, threw thereon IA cloth of woven crimson, gold, and jet :— O
for some drowsy Morphean amulet ! The boisterous, midnight, festive clarion, ..."
5. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"... silver twilight soft he set A table, and, half anguished, threw thereon A
cloth of woven crimson, gold, and jet:— O for some drowsy Morphean amulet! ..."
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