Hypnotic | a. [ Gr. &unr_; inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. &unr_; to lull to sleep, fr. &unr_; sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique. ] 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Hypnotic | n. 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism. [ 1913 Webster ] |