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 ὑπνῶ (hupnô, “I put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

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

Synonyms

• captivating
• mesmeric

Derived terms

• hypnotically

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 m

• Ido: hipnota (io), hipnotala (io)
• Irish: hiopnóiseach
• Polish: hipnotyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: hipnótico (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach
• Spanish: hipnótico

inducing sleep; soporific

• Bulgarian: приспивателен (bg) (prispivatelen)
• Catalan: hipnòtic
• Czech: uspávající
• Finnish: hypnoottinen (fi)
• French: hypnotique (fr), narcotique (fr)
• Greek: υπνωτικός (el) (ypnotikós)

• Irish: hiopnóiseach
• Polish: nasenny (pl)
• Portuguese: sonífero
• 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

• Bulgarian: приспивателно (bg) n (prispivatelno)
• Catalan: hipnòtic m
• Irish: hiopnóiseach m
• Polish: lek nasenny m, środek nasenny m

• Portuguese: sonífero m
• Russian: снотво́рное (ru) n (snotvórnoje)
• Spanish: hipnótico m

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic