hypnotic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνῶ (hupnô, “I put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒtɪk
- Hyphenation: hyp‧no‧tic
Adjective
[edit]hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)
- Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- Synonym: mesmeric
- Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
- Synonym: captivating
- (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
- (botany, obsolete) Dormant.
- hypnotic seeds
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism
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inducing sleep; soporific
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Noun
[edit]hypnotic (plural hypnotics)
- A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
- (pharmacology) A soporific substance.
Translations
[edit]one who is, or can be, hypnotized
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a soporific substance
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Further reading
[edit]- “hypnotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hypnotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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