Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypnotic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, a. [Gr. ? inclined to sleep, putting to
sleep, fr. ? to lull to sleep, fr. ? sleep; akin to L.
somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce
sleep; soporific.
2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism;
liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n.
1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an
opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to,
hypnotism.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypnotic
adj : attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the
bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm
mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was
mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in
ancient Rome" [syn: {mesmeric}, {mesmerizing}, {spellbinding}]
n : a drug that induces sleep [syn: {soporific}]
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