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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hyp•not•ic /hɪpˈnɑtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Psychologyof, relating to, or resembling hypnosis or hypnotism:a hypnotic trance.
- causing or bringing about sleep:hypnotic drugs.
n. [countable] - Drugsa drug or other substance or thing that brings about sleep;
sedative.
hyp•not•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hyp•not•ic (hip not′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Psychologyof or pertaining to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- Psychologyinducing or like something that induces hypnosis.
- Psychologysusceptible to hypnotism, as a person.
- inducing sleep.
n. - Drugsan agent or drug that produces sleep;
sedative. - Psychologya person who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- Psychologya person under the influence of hypnotism.
- Greek hypnōtikós sleep-inducing, narcotic, equivalent. to hypnō- (variant stem of hypnoûn to put to sleep; see Hypnos) + -tikos -tic
- Late Latin hypnōticus
- 1680–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hypnotic /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/ adj - of, relating to, or producing hypnosis or sleep
- (of a person) susceptible to hypnotism
n - a drug or agent that induces sleep
- a person susceptible to hypnosis
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Greek hupnōtikos, from hupnoun to put to sleep, from hupnos sleephypˈnotically adv |