hypnotic

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚]

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• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk
• Hyphenation: hyp‧no‧tic

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

   Synonym: mesmeric

2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.

   Synonym: captivating

3. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
4. (botany, obsolete) Dormant.

   hypnotic seeds

Derived terms

• antihypnotic
• autohypnotic
• hypnodelic
• hypnotically
• hypnotic suggestion
• narcohypnotic
• nonhypnotic
• parahypnotic
• posthypnotic
• prehypnotic
• unhypnotic

Related terms

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

Translations

of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism

• Bulgarian: хипнотичен (hipnotičen)
• Catalan: hipnòtic
• Czech: hypnotický
• Esperanto: hipnota
• French: hypnotique (fr)
• Galician: hipnótico
• German: hypnotisch (de)
• Hindi: सम्मोहक (hi) (sammohak), संमोहक (sammohak)
• Ido: hipnota (io), hipnotala (io)
• Irish: hiopnóiseach
• Italian: ipnotico (it)
• Polish: hipnotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: hipnótico (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach
• Spanish: hipnótico (es)

inducing sleep; soporific

• Bulgarian: приспивателен (bg) (prispivatelen)
• Catalan: hipnòtic
• Czech: uspávací, uspávající
• Finnish: hypnoottinen (fi)
• French: hypnotique (fr), narcotique (fr)
• German: einschläfernd (de), Schlaf- (de)
• Greek: υπνωτικός (el) (ypnotikós)
• Hindi: संमोहक (sammohak), निद्राकारी (nidrākārī)
• Irish: hiopnóiseach
• Italian: sonnifero (it), ipnotico (it)
• Polish: nasenny (pl)
• Portuguese: sonífero (pt)
• Russian: снотво́рный (ru) (snotvórnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: suaineach, suainealach

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

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

Translations

one who is, or can be, hypnotized

• Catalan: hipnòtic m

a soporific substance

• Arabic: مُنَوِّم m (munawwim)
• Bulgarian: приспивателно (bg) n (prispivatelno)
• Catalan: hipnòtic m
• Czech: uspávadlo n, hypnotikum n
• German: Schlafmittel (de) n, Hypnotikum (de) n
• Hindi: संमोहक (sammohak)
• Irish: hiopnóiseach m
• Polish: lek nasenny m, środek nasenny m
• Portuguese: sonífero (pt) m
• Russian: снотво́рное (ru) n (snotvórnoje)
• Spanish: hipnótico (es) m

Further reading

• “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.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic