HYPNOTIC

I. adjective Etymology: French or Late Latin; French hypnotique, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek hypnōtikos, from hypnoun to put to sleep, from hypnos Date: 1625 tending to produce sleep ; soporific , 2. of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism, readily holding the attention , ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1681 a sleep-inducing agent ; soporific , one that is or can be hypnotized