hypnotic

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin hypnoticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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. 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
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• 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)
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• 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. A soporific substance.

Translations

one who is, or can be, hypnotized

• Catalan: hipnòtic m
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a soporific substance

• Bulgarian: приспивателно (bg) n (prispivatelno)
• Catalan: hipnòtic m
• Irish: hiopnóiseach m
• Polish: lek nasenny m, środek nasenny m
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• Portuguese: sonífero m
• Russian: снотво́рное (ru) n (snotvórnoje)
• Spanish: hipnótico m

Further reading

• “hypnotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hypnotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic