Hypnagogic Definition
hipnəgäjik
adjective
Causing sleep; soporific.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the state intermediate between wakefulness and sleep.
Hypnagogic fantasies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- hypnogogic
- somnific
- somniferous
- soporiferous
- soporific
Origin of Hypnagogic
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French hypnagogique Greek hupnos sleep hypno– Greek agōgos leading (from agein to lead ag- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgos, “leading”).
From Wiktionary
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