HYPNOTIC


Meaning of HYPNOTIC in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. of or producing hypnotism.

2 (of a drug) soporific.

--n.

1. a thing, esp. a drug, that produces sleep.

2 a person under or open to the influence of hypnotism.

Derivatives:

hypnotically adv.

Etymology: F hypnotique f. LL hypnoticus f. Gk hupnotikos f. hupnoo put to sleep

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.