morpheus

Noun
US[mawr-fee-uhs]/ˈmɔrˌfiəs/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the Roman god of sleep and dreamsInstance of deity, divinity
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mor′pheus (môr′fūs or môr′fē-ŭs), noun

Origin: L., fr. Gr. Μορφεύς prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. μορφή form, shape.

Class. Myth. The god of dreams.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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