Hypnotic Definition

hĭp-nŏtĭk
adjective
Of, characterized by, having the nature of, or inducing hypnosis.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to hypnotism.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing sleep; soporific.
Webster's New World
Easily hypnotized.
Webster's New World
noun
A hypnotized person or one easily hypnotized.
Webster's New World
A person who can be hypnotized.
American Heritage Medicine
Any agent causing sleep; soporific.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hypnotic

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Singular:
hypnotic
Plural:
hypnotics

Origin of Hypnotic

  • From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikos, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνῶ (hupnō, “I put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (hupnos, “sleep”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French hypnotique from Late Latin hypnōticus inducing sleep from Greek hupnōtikos from hupnoun to put to sleep from hupnos sleep swep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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