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Hypnotic

//hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  2. 2
    Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
  3. 3
    Inducing sleep; soporific.
  4. 4
    Dormant. obsolete

    "hypnotic seeds"

Adjective
  1. 1
    attracting and holding interest as if by a spell wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to hypnosis wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
  2. 2
    a drug that induces sleep wordnet
  3. 3
    A soporific substance.

    ""He's had a strong hypnotic administered to him," said the doctor. "He'll wake perfectly all right in the morning.[…]""

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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