/ hɪpˈnɒtɪk; NAmE -ˈnɑːt-/ adjective , noun
■ adjective
1.
making you feel as if you are going to fall asleep, especially because of a regular, repeated noise or movement
SYN mesmerizing , soporific :
hypnotic music
His voice had an almost hypnotic effect.
2.
[ only before noun ] connected with or produced by hypnosis :
a hypnotic trance / state
3.
( of a drug ) making you sleep
■ noun
( technical ) a drug that makes you sleep; a sleeping pill
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French hypnotique , via late Latin from Greek hupnōtikos causing sleep, from hupnoun put to sleep, from hupnos sleep.