Hypnotic Definition

hĭp-nŏtĭk

adjective

Of, characterized by, having the nature of, or inducing hypnosis.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to hypnotism.

American Heritage Medicine

Causing sleep; soporific.

Webster's New World

Easily hypnotized.

Webster's New World

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noun

A hypnotized person or one easily hypnotized.

Webster's New World

A person who can be hypnotized.

American Heritage Medicine

Any agent causing sleep; soporific.

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Other Word Forms of Hypnotic

Singular:

hypnotic

Plural:

hypnotics

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikos, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνῶ (hupnō, “I put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (hupnos, “sleep”).

From Wiktionary
French hypnotique from Late Latin hypnōticus inducing sleep from Greek hupnōtikos from hupnoun to put to sleep from hupnos sleep swep- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition