■ adjective
1》 relating to or producing hypnosis.
2》 having a compelling or soporific effect.
3》 Medicine (of a drug) sleep-inducing.
■ noun
1》 Medicine a sleep-inducing drug.
2》 a person under or open to hypnosis.
Derivatives
~ally adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr. hypnotique , via late L. from Gk hupnōtikos 'causing sleep', from hupnoun 'put to sleep'.