hypnotic

== English == === Alternative forms === hypnotick (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚] Rhymes: -ɒtɪk Hyphenation: hyp‧no‧tic === Adjective === hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic) Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism. Synonym: mesmeric Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance. Synonym: captivating (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific. (botany, obsolete) Dormant. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hypnotize hypnotism hypnotist hypnosis ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hypnotic (plural hypnotics) A person who is, or can be, hypnotized. (pharmacology) A soporific substance. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “hypnotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hypnotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic