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hypnotic(dictionary)
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hypnotic 1, adjective(dictionary)
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hypnotic state(medicine)
hypnotic sleep(medicine)
hypnotic relationship(medicine)
hypnotic psychotherapy(medicine)
hypnotic 2, noun(dictionary)

hypnotic (iou)



hypnotic adjective & noun. E17.
[French hypnotique from late Latin hypnoticus from Greek hupnotikos putting to sleep, narcotic, from hupnoun put to sleep, from hupnos sleep: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Inducing sleep; soporific. E17.
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of hypnosis; accompanied by or producing hypnosis. M19.
D. DeLillo He bobbed his head, speaking in a soft hypnotic singsong. U. Bentley We all slowly came to out of a hypnotic trance.
Susceptible to hypnotism; hypnotizable. L19.
b. noun.
An agent that produces sleep; spec. a sedative or soporific drug. L17.
A person under or open to the influence of hypnotism. L19.
hypnotically adverb in a hypnotic manner; by means of hypnotism: L17.