hypnotic

English

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Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. Inducing sleep; soporific.

Derived terms

• hypnotically

Related terms

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

Translations

of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism

• Catalan: hipnòtic (ca)
• Esperanto: hipnota (eo)
• Ido: hipnota (io), hipnotala (io)
• Irish: hiopnóiseach (ga)

• Polish: hipnotyczny m
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach (gd)
• Spanish: hipnótico (es)

inducing sleep; soporific

• Catalan: hipnòtic (ca)
• Finnish: hypnoottinen (fi)
• Greek: υπνωτικός (el) (ipnotikós)

• Irish: hiopnóiseach (ga)
• Russian: снотворный (ru) (snotvórnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: suaineach (gd), suainealach (gd)

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. A soporific substance.

Translations

one who is, or can be, hypnotized

• Catalan: hipnòtic (ca) m

a soporific substance

• Catalan: hipnòtic (ca) m
• Irish: hiopnóiseach (ga) m

• Russian: снотворное (ru) (snotvórnoje) n
• Spanish: hipnótico (es) m

External links

• hypnotic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hypnotic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• pythonic