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